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Asterisk IAX2 Handshake Spoofing Vulnerabilities

Article ID: 32132
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.

Asterisk IAX2 Handshake Spoofing Vulnerabilities

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FamilyDenial of Service
Plugin ID32132
Bugtraq ID28901
CVE IDCVE-2008-1897
CVE-2008-1923

Description:

Synopsis :

The remote VoIP service can be abused to conduct an amplification
attack against third-party hosts.

Description :

The version of Asterisk installed on the remote host does not properly
validate an IAX2 handshake. By spoofing NEW and ACK messages, an
unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to
flood a third-party host with packets from the affected host
containing audio data.

See also :

https://www.altsci.com/concepts/page.php?s=asteri&p=2
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=10078
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-04/0292.html

Solution :

Upgrade to Asterisk 1.4.20 / 1.2.28, Asterisk Business Edition C.1.8.1
/ B.2.5.2, AsteriskNOW 1.0.3, s800i (Asterisk Appliance) 1.1.0.3 or
later.

Risk factor :

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.0
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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