5.0
MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2009-4055
Asterisk RTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

rtp.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.2.x before 1.2.37, 1.4.x before 1.4.27.1, 1.6.0.x before 1.6.0.19, and 1.6.1.x before 1.6.1.11; Business Edition B.x.x before B.2.5.13, C.2.x.x before C.2.4.6, and C.3.x.x before C.3.2.3; and s800i 1.3.x before 1.3.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an RTP comfort noise payload with a long data length.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 2, 2009, 11:30 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-4055 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Digium asterisk
2 Digium open_source
3 Digium s800i
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in Asterisk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
  • Update Asterisk to a patched version.
  • Upgrade to the latest version of Asterisk or a version that is no longer affected by this issue.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-4055.

URL Resource
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.2.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.4.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.6.0.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.6.1.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2009-010.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37530 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37677
http://secunia.com/advisories/37708
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023249
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1952
http://www.osvdb.org/60569
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00759.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508147/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37153
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3368 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54471
https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16242
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.2.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.4.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.6.0.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.6.1.diff.txt Exploit
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2009-010.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37530 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37677
http://secunia.com/advisories/37708
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023249
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1952
http://www.osvdb.org/60569
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00759.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508147/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37153
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3368 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54471
https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16242
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-4055 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-4055 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-4055 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-4055 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.2.diff.txt
    Added Reference http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.4.diff.txt
    Added Reference http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.6.0.diff.txt
    Added Reference http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-010-1.6.1.diff.txt
    Added Reference http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2009-010.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37530
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37677
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37708
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1023249
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1952
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/60569
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00759.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508147/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37153
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3368
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54471
    Added Reference https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16242
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/508147/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508147/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54471 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54471 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.52 }} 0.08%

score

0.65951

percentile