RULE(RULE ID:805171)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2014-10-14
Rule Name: Digium Asterisk IAX2 POKE Request Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2008-3263)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: The IAX2 protocol implementation in Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x, 1.2.x before 1.2.30, and 1.4.x before 1.4.21.2; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.x before B.2.5.4, and C.x.x before C.1.10.3; AsteriskNOW; Appliance Developer Kit 0.x.x; and s800i 1.0.x before 1.2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (call-number exhaustion and CPU consumption) by quickly sending a large number of IAX2 (IAX) POKE requests.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Windows, FreeBSD, Linux
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:30321
SecurityTrackerID:1020535
Solutions
Upgrade to version 0.1.9 to solve the problem.