Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting asterisk package, versions [,1.0.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.32% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ASTERISK-2371546
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Jul 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jul 2005

CVE-2005-2081  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade asterisk to version 1.0.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Stack-based buffer overflow in the function that parses commands in Asterisk 1.0.7, when the 'write = command' option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a command that has two double quotes followed by a tab character.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1