CVE-2008-5558 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-5558

Asterisk Open Source 1.2.26 through 1.2.30.3 and Business Edition B.2.3.5...

Vulnerability Description

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.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

asterisk business edition, open source
Vulnerable Versions:
b.2.3.4, b.2.3.5, b.2.5.0, b.2.5.1, b.2.5.3, 1.2.26, 1.2.26.1, 1.2.26.2, 1.2.27, 1.2.28, 1.2.29, 1.2.30, 1.2.30.2, 1.2.30.3

Timeline

Official Publish: December 17th, 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.