Description
An issue was discovered in Sangoma Asterisk 16.x before 16.16.1, 17.x before 17.9.2, and 18.x before 18.2.1 and Certified Asterisk before 16.8-cert6. When re-negotiating for T.38, if the initial remote response was delayed just enough, Asterisk would send both audio and T.38 in the SDP. If this happened, and the remote responded with a declined T.38 stream, then Asterisk would crash.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | asterisk | 1:16.16.1~dfsg-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | asterisk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | asterisk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | asterisk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | asterisk | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | asterisk | No fix yet | — |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.15 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.14 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.13 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.12 | asterisk | 16.16.1-r0 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2024-3633 Asterisk: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Dec 8, 2024
References
- https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/
- 20210218 AST-2021-002: Remote crash possible when negotiating T.38 mailing-list
- https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-002.html
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29203
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161471/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2021-002.html