CVE-2018-17281
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 52.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 52.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 52.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Digium Asterisk ≤ 13.23.0
- Digium Asterisk ≤ 14.7.7
- Digium Asterisk ≤ 15.6.0
- Digium Certified Asterisk 11.6
- Digium Certified Asterisk 13.1
- Digium Certified Asterisk 13.8
- Digium Certified Asterisk 13.13
- Digium Certified Asterisk 13.21
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2018-17281.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2018-17281. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-009.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/31
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/53
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-009.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/31
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/53
References
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-009.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149453/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2018-009.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/31
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105389
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041694
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-28013
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00034.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/53
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-11
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4320
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-009.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149453/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2018-009.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/31
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105389
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041694
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-28013
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00034.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/53
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-11
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4320