Buffer Overflow Affecting asterisk package, versions <1:20.8.1~dfsg+~cs6.14.40431414-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-ASTERISK-6126126
  • published15 Dec 2023
  • disclosed14 Dec 2023

Introduced: 14 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-37457  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable asterisk to version 1:20.8.1dfsg+cs6.14.40431414-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In Asterisk versions 18.20.0 and prior, 20.5.0 and prior, and 21.0.0; as well as ceritifed-asterisk 18.9-cert5 and prior, the 'update' functionality of the PJSIP_HEADER dialplan function can exceed the available buffer space for storing the new value of a header. By doing so this can overwrite memory or cause a crash. This is not externally exploitable, unless dialplan is explicitly written to update a header based on data from an outside source. If the 'update' functionality is not used the vulnerability does not occur. A patch is available at commit a1ca0268254374b515fa5992f01340f7717113fa.

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