CVE-2009-2651 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Asterisk by sending malformed RTP text frames, causing a null pointer dereference and service disruption.

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

What is CVE-2009-2651?

CVE-2009-2651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, published on 30 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

main/rtp.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.1 before 1.6.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an RTP text frame without a certain delimiter, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference and the subsequent calculation of an invalid pointer.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2651?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Digium Asterisk.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2651?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-2651 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2651 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Digium Asterisk vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2651, GHSA-jqc4-44qp-7w9w.

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