Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Asterisk Open Source 1.2.x before 1.2.27, 1.4.x before 1.4.18.1 and 1.4.19-rc3; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.x before B.2.5.1, and C.x.x before C.1.6.2; AsteriskNOW 1.0.x before 1.0.2; Appliance Developer Kit before 1.4 revision 109393; and s800i 1.0.x before 1.1.0.2; allows remote attackers to access the SIP channel driver via a crafted From header.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | asterisk | 1:1.4.18.1~dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 4.0 | asterisk | 1:1.2.13~dfsg-2etch3 | DSA-1525-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1525-1 asterisk Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- SUSE-SR:2008:010 vendor-advisory
- 29782 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200804-13 vendor-advisory
- http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-003.html
- 28310 vdb-entry
- 20080318 AST-2008-003: Unauthenticated calls allowed from SIP channel driver mailing-list
- DSA-1525 vendor-advisory
- 29426 third-party-advisory
- http://www.asterisk.org/node/48466
- FEDORA-2008-2554 vendor-advisory
- 1019629 vdb-entry
- asterisk-sip-security-bypass(41308) vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-0928 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-2620 vendor-advisory
- 29957 third-party-advisory
- 29456 third-party-advisory
- 29470 third-party-advisory