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CVE-2023-37457: PJSIP_HEADER dialplan function can overwrite memory/cause crash when using 'update'

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In Asterisk versions 18.20.0 and prior, 20.5.0 and prior, and 21.0.0; as well as ceritifed-asterisk 18.9-cert5 and prior, the ‘update’ functionality of the PJSIP_HEADER dialplan function can exceed the available buffer space for storing the new value of a header. By doing so this can overwrite memory or cause a crash. This is not externally exploitable, unless dialplan is explicitly written to update a header based on data from an outside source. If the ‘update’ functionality is not used the vulnerability does not occur. A patch is available at commit a1ca0268254374b515fa5992f01340f7717113fa.

11 months ago

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Package

asterisk (Asterisk)

Affected versions

<= 18.20.0

<= 20.5.0

= 21.0.0

certified-asterisk (Asterisk)

Description

Impact

The ‘update’ functionality of the PJSIP_HEADER dialplan function can exceed the available buffer space for storing the new value of a header. By doing so this can overwrite memory or cause a crash. This is not externally exploitable, unless dialplan is explicitly written to update a header based on data from an outside source. If the ‘update’ functionality is not used the vulnerability does not occur.