--- title: "CVE-2006-5444\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5444?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-5444 Publication date 23 October 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Integer overflow in the get\_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan\_skinny.c) in Asterisk 1.0.x before 1.0.12 and 1.2.x before 1.2.13, as used by Cisco SCCP phones, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain dlen value that passes a signed integer comparison and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | asterisk | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.2.16~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.2.7.1.dfsg-2ubuntu3.4 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5444) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5444) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-5444) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5444) ### Other references *