CVE-2023-49294

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    CVE-2023-49294

    Published: 14 Dec 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Asterisk Path Traversal vulnerability

    Details: 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, it is possible to read any arbitrary file even when the `live_dangerously` is not enabled. This allows arbitrary files to be read. Asterisk versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, contain a fix for this issue.

    References: https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/blob/master/main/manager.c#L3757, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00019.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/49xxx/CVE-2023-49294.json, https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-8857-hfmw-vg8f, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49294, https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/424be345639d75c6cb7d0bd2da5f0f407dbd0bd5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -14d0e59f3d8f7521621561168ef4a297702d978f

    Affected versions

    13.13.0
    13.13.0-rc1
    13.13.0-rc2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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