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CVE-2023-49294

Asterisk Path Traversal vulnerability

Published: Dec 14, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-22
4.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
45.3%
Top 1.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In Asterisk prior to versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, it is possible to read any arbitrary file even when the `live_dangerously` is not enabled. This allows arbitrary files to be read. Asterisk versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, contain a fix for this issue.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

asteriskasterisk
On-premWeb App
Communications / voip-telephony
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
AsteriskDigium, Inc.Communications
Certified AsteriskDigium, Inc.Communications
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxАО «НППКТ»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
asteriskoss-projectCommunicationsaka open source, asterisk appliance developer kit
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
digium, inc.commercialUSCommunicationsaka digium, digium inc.
ао «нппкт»commercialRUOperating Systems
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-8857-hfmw-vg8f
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/424be345639d75c6cb7d0bd2da5f0f407dbd0bd5
github.com
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/blob/master/main/manager.c#L3757
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 14, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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