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Asterisk IAX2 Handshake Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA29927
Release Date: 2008-04-23
Last Update: 2008-04-28
Popularity: 5,420 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Asterisk 1.x
Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit 0.x
Asterisk Business Edition 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Asterisk, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to improper verification of ACK responses during IAX2 handshakes, which can be exploited to spoof an IAX2 handshake and cause a DoS via high bandwidth usage.

The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x (all versions)
* Asterisk Open Source 1.2.x (all versions prior to 1.2.28)
* Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x (all versions prior to 1.4.19.1)
* Asterisk Business Edition A.x.x (all versions)
* Asterisk Business Edition B.x.x (all versions prior to B.2.5.2)
* Asterisk Business Edition C.x.x (all versions prior to C.1.8.1)
* AsteriskNOW 1.0.x (all versions prior to 1.0.3)
* Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit 0.x.x (all versions)
* s800i (Asterisk Appliance) 1.0.x (all versions prior to 1.1.0.3)

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