CVE-2008-5396

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Array index error in the (1) torisa.c and (2) dahdi/tor2.c drivers in Zaptel (aka DAHDI) 1.4.11 and earlier allows local users in the dialout group to overwrite an integer value in kernel memory by writing to /dev/zap/ctl, related to missing validation of the sync field associated with the ZT_SPANCONFIG ioctl.

Affected products

asterisk Zaptel: through 1.4.11; 1.2, 1.2.27, 1.4

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507459
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13954
http://secunia.com/advisories/32947
http://secunia.com/advisories/32960
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/03/10
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507459
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13954
http://secunia.com/advisories/32947
http://secunia.com/advisories/32960
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/03/10

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