SB2014031119 - Input validation error in asterisk (Alpine package)
Published: March 11, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014031119
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2287)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
channels/chan_sip.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.26.1, 11.8.x before 11.8.1, and 12.1.x before 12.1.1, and Certified Asterisk 1.8.15 before 1.8.15-cert5 and 11.6 before 11.6-cert2, when chan_sip has a certain configuration, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (channel and file descriptor consumption) via an INVITE request with a (1) Session-Expires or (2) Min-SE header with a malformed or invalid value.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.