APP: Digium Asterisk Skinny Channel NULL-Pointer Dereference Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Digium Asterisk. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended Description

Asterisk is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to trigger a NULL-pointer dereference and cause a system crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Affected Products

Asterisk asterisk

References

BugTraq: 53723 53210

CVE: CVE-2012-2948

Short Name
APP:DIGIUM-ASTERISK-SKINNY-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
Asterisk CVE-2012-2415 CVE-2012-2948 Channel Denial Dereference Digium NULL-Pointer Service Skinny bid:53210 bid:53723 of
Release Date
01/09/2013
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3336
Port
TCP/2000
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Asterisk

Debian

Gentoo

CVSS Score

6.5

4.0

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