CVE-2008-5558
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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 · 3.7–4.3
weaknesses
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affected products (15)
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- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.3.5nvdUScpe: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= b.2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- asterisk asterisk business edition= b.2.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-012.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/50675enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32956enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34982enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-01.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4769enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499117/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32773enisa_euvd
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