Check Point Advisories

Digium Asterisk Skinny Channel Driver Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-2415)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-278
Date Published: 27 Aug 2012
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 21 November, 2024
Source: CVE-2012-2415
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Digium Asterisk Open Source 1.6.x prior to 1.6.2.24
Vulnerability Description A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Digium Asterisk.
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to a bounds checking error while processing certain events in the Skinny channel driver. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a sequence of messages to the target. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute code on the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block a sequence of messages sent to the server.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Digium Asterisk Skinny Channel Driver Heap Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: VoIP Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Digium Asterisk Skinny Channel Driver Heap Buffer Overflow

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