# CVE-2008-1390: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack Asterisk manager sessions by guessing insufficiently random IDs, leading to unauthorized control.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Mar 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1390, GHSA-4h7j-rpcg-6w8h

## What is CVE-2008-1390?

CVE-2008-1390 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The AsteriskGUI HTTP server in Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x before 1.4.19-rc3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0-beta6, Business Edition C.x.x before C.1.6, AsteriskNOW before 1.0.2, Appliance Developer Kit before revision 104704, and s800i 1.0.x before 1.1.0.2 generates insufficiently random manager ID values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack a manager session via a series of ID guesses.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1390?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Asterisk Asterisk, Asterisk Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit, Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition, Asterisk Asterisknow, Asterisk S800i.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-1390?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2008-1390 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1390 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-2488](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2488/): Null dereference in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3762/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-1332](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1332/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2008-3263](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3263/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2007-2294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2294/): Null dereference in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1390 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-1390 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1390 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1390/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1390/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1390
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1390
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1390

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1390/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.