Input validation error in asterisk (Alpine package)



Published: 2021-02-26
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-35652
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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asterisk (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU50963

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35652

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_diversion.c in Sangoma Asterisk before 13.38.0, 14.x through 16.x before 16.15.0, 17.x before 17.9.0, and 18.x before 18.1.0. A crash can occur when a SIP message is received with a History-Info header that contains a tel-uri, or when a SIP 181 response is received that contains a tel-uri in the Diversion header.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

asterisk (Alpine package): 16.14.1-r0

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2a8bd0c3ec7d7286dd026c2535f523ce889ecda4
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8b4dd3e383247c88e9ff182557e096d12a052634
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9d426cf7a7701ee6707224d3e9f6d07553a56de1


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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