CVE-2008-5558 (GCVE-0-2008-5558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-17 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:56
VLAI
Summary
Asterisk Open Source 1.2.26 through 1.2.30.3 and Business Edition B.2.3.5 through B.2.5.5, when realtime IAX2 users are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via authentication attempts involving (1) an unknown user or (2) a user using hostname matching.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://osvdb.org/50675 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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http://secunia.com/advisories/34982 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021378 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-12-10 00:00
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