CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-9358

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Jun 02, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.15.1 and 14.x before 14.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert4, which can be triggered by sending specially crafted SCCP packets causing an infinite loop and leading to memory exhaustion (by message logging in that loop).

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AsteriskSangoma13.0.0 (including)13.0.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.1.0 (including)13.1.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.1.0-rc1 (including)13.1.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.1.0-rc2 (including)13.1.0-rc2 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.2.0 (including)13.2.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.2.0-rc1 (including)13.2.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.3.0-rc1 (including)13.3.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.4.0 (including)13.4.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.4.0-rc1 (including)13.4.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.5.0 (including)13.5.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.5.0-rc1 (including)13.5.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.6.0-rc1 (including)13.6.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.7.0 (including)13.7.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.7.0-rc1 (including)13.7.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.8.0 (including)13.8.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.8.0-rc1 (including)13.8.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.8.1 (including)13.8.1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.8.2 (including)13.8.2 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.9.0 (including)13.9.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.9.0-rc1 (including)13.9.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.10.0-rc1 (including)13.10.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.11.0-rc1 (including)13.11.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.12.0 (including)13.12.0 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.12.0-rc1 (including)13.12.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.12.1 (including)13.12.1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.12.2 (including)13.12.2 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.13.0-rc1 (including)13.13.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.14.0-rc1 (including)13.14.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskSangoma13.15.0-rc1 (including)13.15.0-rc1 (including)
AsteriskUbuntuartful*
AsteriskUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
AsteriskUbuntuupstream*
AsteriskUbuntuxenial*
AsteriskUbuntuyakkety*
AsteriskUbuntuzesty*

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