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title: "CVE-2008-1289\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-1289

Publication date 24 March 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x before 1.4.18.1 and
1.4.19-rc3, Open Source 1.6.x before 1.6.0-beta6, Business Edition C.x.x
before C.1.6.1, AsteriskNOW 1.0.x before 1.0.2, Appliance Developer Kit
before 1.4 revision 109386, and s800i 1.1.x before 1.1.0.2 allow remote
attackers to (1) write a zero to an arbitrary memory location via a large
RTP payload number, related to the ast\_rtp\_unset\_m\_type function in
main/rtp.c; or (2) write certain integers to an arbitrary memory location
via a large number of RTP payloads, related to the process\_sdp function in
channels/chan\_sip.c.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1289?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| asterisk | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:1.4.17~dfsg-2ubuntu1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:1.4.17~dfsg-2ubuntu1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

1.4 only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1289)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1289)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1289)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1289)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1289>