SB20240905106 - Denial of service in Asterisk
Published: September 5, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB20240905106
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42491)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when handling malformed Contact or Record-Route URI in an incoming SIP request. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted SIP request to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.