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FreeBSD: VID-C6FB2734-E835-11E8-B14B-001999F8D30B: asterisk -- Remote crash vulnerability DNS SRV and NAPTR lookups

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FreeBSD: VID-C6FB2734-E835-11E8-B14B-001999F8D30B: asterisk -- Remote crash vulnerability DNS SRV and NAPTR lookups

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/23/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/15/2018
Modified
02/19/2025

Description

The Asterisk project reports:

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in dns_srv

and dns_naptr functions of Asterisk that allows an attacker

to crash Asterisk via a specially crafted DNS SRV or NAPTR

response. The attackers request causes Asterisk to segfault

and crash.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-asterisk15
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-asterisk16

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