CVE-2011-1175 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Asterisk PBX daemon by establishing many short TCP sessions to TLS services, causing a denial of service.

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

What is CVE-2011-1175?

CVE-2011-1175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, published on 31 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

tcptls.c in the TCP/TLS server in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.1.x before 1.6.1.23, 1.6.2.x before 1.6.2.17.1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by establishing many short TCP sessions to services that use a certain TLS API.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1175?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Digium Asterisk.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1175?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-1175 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1175 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Digium Asterisk vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1175, GHSA-cfj4-pwcj-qhgc.

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