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Asterisk IAX2 Handshake Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory: SA29927  
Release Date: 2008-04-23
Last Update: 2008-04-28

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

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1897 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1923 (Secunia mirror)

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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)

Solution:
Asterisk Open Source 1.2.x:
Fixed in 1.2.28.

Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x:
Fixed in 1.4.19.1.

Asterisk Business Edition B.x.x:
Fixed in B.2.5.2

Asterisk Business Edition C.x.x:
Fixed in C.1.8.1.

AsteriskNOW:
Fixed in 1.0.3.

s800i (Asterisk Appliance):
Fixed in 1.1.0.3.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Joel R. Voss a.k.a. Javantea

Changelog:
2008-04-28: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Asterisk:
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-006.html

AltSci:
https://www.altsci.com/concepts/page.php?s=asteri&p=2

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