CVE-2007-3763 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Asterisk PBX by sending crafted IAX2 frames, causing a denial of service via null pointer dereference.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-3763?

CVE-2007-3763 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IAX2 channel driver (chan_iax2) in Asterisk before 1.2.22 and 1.4.x before 1.4.8, Business Edition before B.2.2.1, AsteriskNOW before beta7, Appliance Developer Kit before 0.5.0, and s800i before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) LAGRQ or (2) LAGRP frame that contains information elements of IAX frames, which results in a NULL pointer dereference when Asterisk does not properly set an associated variable.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3763?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Asterisk Asterisk, Asterisk Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit, Asterisk Asterisknow, Asterisk S800i Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3763?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2007-3763 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-3763 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3763, GHSA-822c-3x4j-h56q.

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