VOIP: Digium Asterisk SIP Invalid Response Code Denial of Service

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

Extended Description

Asterisk is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle certain SIP packets. Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to cause the application to crash, effectively denying service to legitimate users. Asterisk versions prior to 1.2.18 and 1.4.3 are vulnerable to this issue.

Affected Products

Asterisk asterisk

References

BugTraq: 23093

CVE: CVE-2007-1594

Short Name
VOIP:SIP:ASTERISK-RES-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
VOIP
Keywords
Asterisk CVE-2007-1594 Code Denial Digium Invalid Response SIP Service bid:23093 of
Release Date
07/27/2011
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
3339
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Suse

Asterisk

Gentoo

CVSS Score

7.8

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