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CVE-2007-5690

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-10-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in sethdlc.c in the Asterisk Zaptel 1.4.5.1 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long device name (interface name) in the ifr_name field. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the application requires root access, so privilege boundaries are not crossed

Affected products

• asterisk Zaptel: 1.4.5.1

References

• http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asa/AST-2007-024.html
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3319
• http://www.eleytt.com/advisories/eleytt_ZAPTEL.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482597/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483481/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26160
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018885
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37335
• http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asa/AST-2007-024.html
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3319
• http://www.eleytt.com/advisories/eleytt_ZAPTEL.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482597/100/0/threaded

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