CVE-2008-2119
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.073 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.29 and Business Edition A.x.x and B.x.x before B.2.5.3, when pedantic parsing (aka pedanticsipchecking) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SIP INVITE message that lacks a From header, related to invocations of the ast_uri_decode function, and improper handling of (1) an empty const string and (2) a NULL pointer.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-5749Asterisk 1.2.x - SIP channel driver / in pedantic mode Remote Crashfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (54)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- asterisk asterisk business edition≤ b2.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.1.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.1.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=12607enisa_euvd
- http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-008.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30517enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34982enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-01.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk?view=rev&revision=120109enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493020/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020166enisa_euvd
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