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title: "CVE-2014-8415\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-8415

Publication date 24 November 2014

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

Race condition in the chan\_pjsip channel driver in Asterisk Open Source
12.x before 12.7.1 and 13.x before 13.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause
a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via a cancel request for
a SIP session with a queued action to (1) answer a session or (2) send
ringing.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| asterisk | 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8415?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| asterisk | * Upstream:   <http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2014-015-13.diff> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8415)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8415)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8415)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8415)

### Other references

* <http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2014-015.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8415>