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title: "CVE-2008-3263\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-3263

Publication date 22 July 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

The IAX2 protocol implementation in Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x, 1.2.x
before 1.2.30, and 1.4.x before 1.4.21.2; Business Edition A.x.x, B.x.x
before B.2.5.4, and C.x.x before C.1.10.3; AsteriskNOW; Appliance Developer
Kit 0.x.x; and s800i 1.0.x before 1.2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause
a denial of service (call-number exhaustion and CPU consumption) by quickly
sending a large number of IAX2 (IAX) POKE requests.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| asterisk | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:1.4.17~dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3263)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3263)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-3263)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3263)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3263>
