CVE-2008-5744

HIGH 7.2CVE-2008-5744 · Published 26/12/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5744 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting zaptel (asterisk).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.47%, higher than 40.7% 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 dahdi/tor2.c driver 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 an incorrect tor2 patch for CVE-2008-5396 that uses the wrong variable in a range check against the value of lc->sync.

References

bugs.digium.com/view.php
secunia.com/advisories/32960
svn.digium.com/view/dahdi
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/2 · Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47666

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