>> Asterisk Realtime IAX2 Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Asterisk Realtime IAX2 Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3403 CVE ID : CVE-2008-5558
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-12-11
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Asterisk, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error related to realtime IAX2 users, which could allow an unknown user to remotely crash an affected server when attempting to authenticate, creating a denial of service condition.
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