Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-26906
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-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 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_session.c in Digium Asterisk through 13.38.1; 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.16.0; 17.x through 17.9.1; and 18.x through 18.2.0, and Certified Asterisk through 16.8-cert5. An SDP negotiation vulnerability in PJSIP allows a remote server to potentially crash Asterisk by sending specific SIP responses that cause an SDP negotiation failure.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26906 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26906 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26906 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26906 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | asterisk | 18.2.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26906 |
| Debian:14 | asterisk | 1:16.16.1~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26906 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/ x_refsource_MISC
- 20210218 AST-2021-005: Remote Crash Vulnerability in PJSIP channel driver mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-005.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29196 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161477/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2021-005.html x_refsource_MISC