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CVE-2018-17281
published 2018-09-24

CVE-2018-17281: There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the res_http_websocket.so module of Asterisk through 13.23.0, 14.7.x through 14.7.7, and 15.x through 15.6.0 and…

PriorityP357high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
53.38%
98.9th percentile
There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the res_http_websocket.so module of Asterisk through 13.23.0, 14.7.x through 14.7.7, and 15.x through 15.6.0 and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-cert2. It allows an attacker to crash Asterisk via a specially crafted HTTP request to upgrade the connection to a websocket.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianasterisk< asterisk 1:13.23.1~dfsg-1 (bullseye)asterisk 1:13.23.1~dfsg-1 (bullseye)
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
digiumasterisk>= 0 < 1:13.23.1~dfsg-11:13.23.1~dfsg-1
digiumasterisk13.0.0 – 13.23.0
digiumasterisk14.0.0 – 14.7.7
digiumasterisk15.0.0 – 15.6.0
digiumcertified_asterisk
digiumcertified_asterisk
digiumcertified_asterisk
digiumcertified_asterisk
digiumcertified_asterisk

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

pathres_http_websocket.so
  • Detect HTTP requests attempting to upgrade the connection to a WebSocket targeting Asterisk's HTTP interface, which may trigger stack exhaustion in res_http_websocket.so
  • ·Vulnerability is present in Asterisk through 13.23.0, 14.7.x through 14.7.7, 15.x through 15.6.0, and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-cert2; only deployments with the HTTP WebSocket module enabled are exposed

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
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