Out-of-bounds Read Affecting asterisk package, versions <1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-ASTERISK-2405740
  • published8 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Dec 2021

Introduced: 27 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-43845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 asterisk to version 1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream asterisk package and not the asterisk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library. In version 2.11.1 and prior, if incoming RTCP XR message contain block, the data field is not checked against the received packet size, potentially resulting in an out-of-bound read access. This affects all users that use PJMEDIA and RTCP XR. A malicious actor can send a RTCP XR message with an invalid packet size.

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