Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU102519

Path traversal in Certified Asterisk and Asterisk Open Source - CVE-2024-53566

Published: January 10, 2025 / Updated: January 16, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU102519

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53566

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within AMI ListCategories. A remote administrator can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Affected software

Certified Asterisk
Asterisk Open Source

How to mitigate CVE-2024-53566

Install update from vendor's website.

Certified Asterisk - addressed in versions 18.9-cert13, 20.7-cert4
Asterisk Open Source - addressed in versions 18.26.1, 20.11.1, 21.6.1, 22.1.1

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