CVE-2008-1897 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IAX2 channel driver (chan_iax2) across several Asterisk products, including Open Source, Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, Appliance Developer Kit, and s800i. The flaw allows remote attackers to cause traffic amplification by sending spoofed ACK responses that do not complete a 3-way handshake, specifically when unauthenticated calls are permitted. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_appliance_developer_kit:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_appliance_developer_kit:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_appliance_developer_kit:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_appliance_developer_kit:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_appliance_developer_kit:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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