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FreeBSD: VID-F14CE57F-6DC8-11E8-A671-001999F8D30B: asterisk -- Infinite loop when reading iostreams

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/11/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/12/2018
Modified
06/12/2018

Description

The Asterisk project reports:

When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS if the client

abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message

then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying

to read the data stream. Thus rendering the system as

unusable.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-asterisk15

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