CVE-2008-5396

HIGH 7.2CVE-2008-5396 · Published 09/12/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5396 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting zaptel (asterisk).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
zaptel asterisk	`= 1.2= 1.2.27= 1.4≤ 1.4.11`	No fix yet

Description

Array index error in the (1) torisa.c and (2) dahdi/tor2.c drivers in Zaptel (aka DAHDI) 1.4.11 and earlier allows local users in the dialout group to overwrite an integer value in kernel memory by writing to /dev/zap/ctl, related to missing validation of the sync field associated with the ZT_SPANCONFIG ioctl.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.digium.com/view.php
secunia.com/advisories/32947
secunia.com/advisories/32960
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/03/10

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