CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-49294
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• digium asterisk (< 18.20.1)
• digium asterisk (>= 19.0.0 < 20.5.1)
• digium asterisk 21.0.0
• sangoma certified asterisk 13.13.0
• sangoma certified asterisk 16.8.0
• sangoma certified asterisk 18.9
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/blob/master/main/manager.c#L3757 Product
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/424be345639d75c6cb7d0bd2da5f0f407dbd0bd5 Patch
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-8857-hfmw-vg8f Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00019.html lists.debian.org
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/blob/master/main/manager.c#L3757 Product
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/424be345639d75c6cb7d0bd2da5f0f407dbd0bd5 Patch
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-8857-hfmw-vg8f Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00019.html lists.debian.org