CVE-2008-3263 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-3263

The IAX2 protocol implementation in Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x, 1.2.x...

Vulnerability Description

The IAX2 protocol implementation in Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x, 1.2.x before 1.2.30, and 1.4.x before 1.4.21.2; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.x before B.2.5.4, and C.x.x before C.1.10.3; AsteriskNOW; Appliance Developer Kit 0.x.x; and s800i 1.0.x before 1.2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (call-number exhaustion and CPU consumption) by quickly sending a large number of IAX2 (IAX) POKE requests.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

asterisk
Vulnerable Versions:
0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5, 0.1.6, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.1.9, 0.1.9_1, 0.1.10, 0.1.11, 0.1.12, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5.0, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.9.0, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.0.10, 1.0.11, 1.0.11.1, 1.0.12, 1.2.0_beta1, 1.2.0_beta2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.7.1, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.9.1, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.2.16, 1.2.17, 1.2.18, 1.2.19, 1.2.20, 1.2.21, 1.2.22, 1.2.23, 1.2.24, 1.2.25, 1.2.26, 1.2.26.1, 1.2.26.2, 1.2.27, 1.2.28, 1.2.28.1, 1.2.29, 1.2.30, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.4_2007-04-27, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 1.4.13, 1.4.14, 1.4.15, 1.4.16, 1.4.16.1, 1.4.16.2, 1.4.17, 1.4.18, 1.4.18.1, 1.4.19, 1.4_beta, 1.4_revision_95946, 1.6, a, b.1.3.2, b.1.3.3, b.2.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 22nd, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.