Unscored severity · published Jul 22, 2008
CVE-2008-3263
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…
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CVSS
28%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)28.0% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Asterisk · Asterisk
0.1.0; 0.1.1; 0.1.2; 0.1.3; 0.1.4; 0.1.5; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3263
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3263
downloads.digium.com
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-010.html
Exploit
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/30321.pl
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31178
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31194
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/34982
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-01.xml
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