Digium · Asterisk Open Source · CVE-2011-4598
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Asterisk Open Source versions 1.6.2.x through 1.6.2.20
Asterisk Open Source versions 1.8.x through 1.8.7.1
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a daemon crash, by sending a crafted sequence of SIP requests when automon is enabled. This is due to a NULL pointer dereference in the `handle request info` function.
**Recommendations**
For Asterisk Open Source versions 1.6.2.x through 1.6.2.20, update to version 1.6.2.21 or later.
For Asterisk Open Source versions 1.8.x through 1.8.7.1, update to version 1.8.7.2 or later.