USN-4814-1

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    USN-4814-1

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: asterisk vulnerabilities

    Details: Richard Mudgett discovered that Asterisk did not properly check the length of input string when setting the user field for PartyB on a CDR. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16671) Alex Villacis Lasso discovered that Asterisk did not properly check the length of input string when setting the user field for PartyA on a CDR. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7617)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4814-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7617, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16671

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: asterisk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/asterisk?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu3
    1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4
    1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1

    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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