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CVE-2023-49786

Asterisk susceptible to Denial of Service via DTLS Hello packets during call initiation

Severity Score

5.9
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

5
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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; Asterisk is susceptible to a DoS due to a race condition in the hello handshake phase of the DTLS protocol when handling DTLS-SRTP for media setup. This attack can be done continuously, thus denying new DTLS-SRTP encrypted calls during the attack. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to a massive Denial of Service on vulnerable Asterisk servers for calls that rely on DTLS-SRTP. Commit d7d7764cb07c8a1872804321302ef93bf62cba05 contains a fix, which is part of versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, 21.0.1, amd 18.9-cert6.

Asterisk es un conjunto de herramientas de telefonía y centralita privada de código abierto. En Asterisk anteriores a las versiones 18.20.1, 20.5.1 y 21.0.1; así como certificado-asterisco anterior a 18.9-cert6; Asterisk es susceptible a un DoS debido a una condición de ejecución en la fase "hello handshake" del protocolo DTLS cuando maneja DTLS-SRTP para la configuración de medios. Este ataque se puede realizar de forma continua, negando así nuevas llamadas cifradas DTLS-SRTP durante el ataque. El abuso de esta vulnerabilidad puede provocar una denegación de servicio masiva en servidores Asterisk vulnerables para llamadas que dependen de DTLS-SRTP. El commit d7d7764cb07c8a1872804321302ef93bf62cba05 contiene una solución, que forma parte de las versiones 18.20.1, 20.5.1, 21.0.1, amd 18.9-cert6.

When handling DTLS-SRTP for media setup, Asterisk version 20.1.0 is susceptible to denial of service due to a race condition in the hello handshake phase of the DTLS protocol. This attack can be done continuously, thus denying new DTLS-SRTP encrypted calls during the attack.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-11-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-12-14 CVE Published
  • 2023-12-29 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-02 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
  • CWE-703: Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Digium
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Asterisk
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< 18.20.1
Search vendor "Digium" for product "Asterisk" and version " < 18.20.1"
-
Affected
Digium
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Asterisk
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>= 19.0.0 < 20.5.1
Search vendor "Digium" for product "Asterisk" and version " >= 19.0.0 < 20.5.1"
-
Affected
Digium
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Asterisk
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21.0.0
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-
Affected
Sangoma
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Certified Asterisk
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13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
-
Affected
Sangoma
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Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
cert1
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
cert1-rc1
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
cert1-rc2
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
cert1-rc3
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
cert1-rc4
Affected
Sangoma
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Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
cert2
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
cert3
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
rc1
Affected
Sangoma
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Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
13.13.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "13.13.0"
rc2
Affected
Sangoma
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Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
-
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert1
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert10
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert11
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert12
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert2
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert3
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert4
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert5
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert6
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert7
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert8
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
16.8.0
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "16.8.0"
cert9
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
18.9
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "18.9"
cert1
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
18.9
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "18.9"
cert2
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
18.9
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "18.9"
cert3
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
18.9
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "18.9"
cert4
Affected
Sangoma
Search vendor "Sangoma"
Certified Asterisk
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk"
18.9
Search vendor "Sangoma" for product "Certified Asterisk" and version "18.9"
cert5
Affected