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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-0885: Asterisk: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-0885: Asterisk: Denial of service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/25/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/28/2021

Description

chan_sip.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.8.2 and 10.x before 10.0.1, when the res_srtp module is used and media support is improperly configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted SDP message with a crypto attribute and a (1) video or (2) text media type, as demonstrated by CSipSimple.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-asterisk

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