First published: Fri Apr 22 2011(Updated: )
Asterisk did not limit the number of unauthenticated connections to vulnerable interfaces and did not limit the time unauthenticated clients remain connected to some interfaces. A remote attacker could open many subsequent connections to vulnerable Asterisk interfaces, leading to file descriptor resource exhaustion or possibly to disk space exhaustion (due Asterisk feature of logging failures to open new file descriptors into its log file). References: [1] <a href="http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005.html">http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005.html</a> Upstream patches: [2] <a href="http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.4.diff">http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.4.diff</a> (against v1.4 branch) [3] <a href="http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.6.1.diff">http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.6.1.diff</a> (against v1.6.1 branch) [4] <a href="http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.6.2.diff">http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.6.2.diff</a> (against v1.6.2 branch) [5] <a href="http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.8.diff">http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005-1.8.diff</a> (against v1.8 branch)
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Asterisk | =1.4.37-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26.3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.27-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.36-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.28 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.27-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.27.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26-rc5 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.0-beta4 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.0-beta2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.35-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.19.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.20-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.16 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.27-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.19.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.30 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.38-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.38 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.33 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.23-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.0 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.32 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.31-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.33-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.20 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.39 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.39.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.12.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.19 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.29 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.20-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.18 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.34 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.21-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.40 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.10 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.35 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.24.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.10.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.16.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.19-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.31 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.33.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.25-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.25 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.11 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.23 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.39.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.29-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.15 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.34-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.31-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.28-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.40-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.19-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.23-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.27 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.25.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.34-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.21.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.19-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.12 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.37 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.20-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.19-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.13 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.21.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.27-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.33-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.17 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.40-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.29.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.23-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.22-rc5 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.21-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26-rc6 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.32-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.39-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.14 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.20.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.24 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.0-beta1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.40-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.24-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.26 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.16.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.23.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.27-rc5 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.30-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.23.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.23-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.30-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.36 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.0-beta3 | |
Asterisk | =1.4.21 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.16.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.4 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.6 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0-rc5 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0-rc7 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.16-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.17-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.1-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.16 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.15-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.17 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.6-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.17.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0-rc8 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.3-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.17-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.16.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.17-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.5 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.0-rc6 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.6-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.2.17.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.3-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.3 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.2.4 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-beta2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.3-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.1.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-beta4 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-rc5 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.3.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-beta3 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-beta5 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.3.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.3-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.2.3 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.2.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.1-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.1.1 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.2.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-beta1 | |
Asterisk | =1.8.0-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.1.0 | |
Asterisk | =c.1.8.1 | |
Asterisk | =c.2.3 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.6.2 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.1.1 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.2.2 | |
Asterisk | =c.1.0-beta7 | |
Asterisk | =c.1.8.0 | |
Asterisk | =c.1.6.2 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.0 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.6.3 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.2.3 | |
Asterisk | =c.1.6.1 | |
Asterisk | =c.1.0-beta8 | |
Asterisk | =c.1.6 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.3.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.0-rc4 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.8 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.7-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.5-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.12 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.0-rc5 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.3-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.15-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.24 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.18-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.19-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.6 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.5 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.20-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.0 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.18-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.14 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.20-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.10-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.19 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.12-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.22 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.11 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.10-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.20 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.9 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.19-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.18 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.17 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.4 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.10 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.16 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.7-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.23 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.0-rc2 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.21 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.0-rc3 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.10-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.19-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.13 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.13-rc1 | |
Asterisk | =1.6.1.1 | |
Asterisk | =c.3.6.3 |
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
CVE-2011-1507 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for remote attackers to exhaust server resources.
To fix CVE-2011-1507, you should update to a patched version of Asterisk that limits unauthenticated connections and their duration.
CVE-2011-1507 affects multiple versions of Asterisk, particularly those in the 1.4.x ranges up to 1.4.39.
The impacts of CVE-2011-1507 can include service disruption due to resource exhaustion, potentially leading to denial of service.
A temporary workaround for CVE-2011-1507 is to implement network-level filtering to limit connections to vulnerable Asterisk interfaces.