Digium · Asterisk Open Source · CVE-2011-4063
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Asterisk Open Source versions 1.8.x through 1.8.7.0
Asterisk Open Source versions 10.x through 10.0.0-rc0
**Description**
The issue is related to the improper initialization of variables during request parsing in the SIP channel driver. This can be exploited by remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a daemon crash, via a malformed request.
**Recommendations**
For Asterisk Open Source versions 1.8.x through 1.8.7.0, update to version 1.8.7.1 or later.
For Asterisk Open Source versions 10.x through 10.0.0-rc0, update to version 10.0.0-rc1 or later.