Vulnerability · Published Jul 27, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-32558
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the asterisk package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 9.2% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)9.2%top 4.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Sangoma Asterisk 13.x before 13.38.3, 16.x before 16.19.1, 17.x before 17.9.4, and 18.x before 18.5.1, and Certified Asterisk before 16.8-cert10. If the IAX2 channel driver receives a packet that contains an unsupported media format, a crash can occur.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | asterisk | 18.2.2-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | asterisk | 18.2.2-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | asterisk | 18.2.2-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | asterisk | 18.2.2-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | asterisk | 18.2.2-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Debian:14 | asterisk | 1:16.16.1~dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | asterisk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | asterisk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | asterisk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | asterisk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32558 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | asterisk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32558 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- 20210722 AST-2021-008: Remote crash when using IAX2 channel driver mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163639/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2021-008.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-008.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29392 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210804 [SECURITY] [DLA 2729-1] asterisk security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-4999 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN