Asterisk Security Team
2021-Feb-18 17:37 UTC
[asterisk-announce] AST-2021-004: An unsuspecting user could crash Asterisk with multiple hold/unhold requests
Asterisk Project Security Advisory - AST-2021-004
Product Asterisk
Summary An unsuspecting user could crash Asterisk with
multiple hold/unhold requests
Nature of Advisory Denial of Service
Susceptibility Remote authenticated sessions
Severity Moderate
Exploits Known No
Reported On December 9, 2020
Reported By Edvin Vidmar
Posted On
Last Updated On February 11, 2021
Advisory Contact gjoseph AT sangoma DOT com
CVE Name CVE-2021-26714
Description Due to a signedness comparison mismatch, an
authenticated WebRTC client could cause a stack
overflow and Asterisk crash by sending multiple
hold/unhold requests in quick succession.
Modules Affected res_rtp_asterisk.c
Resolution The packet size comparison terms have been corrected.
Affected Versions
Product Release Series
Asterisk Open Source 16.x 16.16.0
Asterisk Open Source 17.x 17.9.1
Asterisk Open Source 18.x 18.2.0
Certified Asterisk 16.x 16.8-cert5
Corrected In
Product Release
Asterisk Open Source 16.16.1, 17.9.2, 18.2.1
Certified Asterisk 16.8-cert6
Patches
Patch URL Revision
https:/downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-004-16.diff Asterisk
16
https:/downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-004-17.diff Asterisk
17
https:/downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-004-18.diff Asterisk
18
https:/downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-004-16.8.diff Certified
Asterisk
16.8-cert6
Links https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29205
https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2021-004.html
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This document may be superseded by later versions; if so, the latest
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https://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2021-004.html
Revision History
Date Editor Revisions Made
February 4, 2021 George Joseph Initial revision
February 9, 2021 George Joseph Added CVE
Asterisk Project Security Advisory - AST-2021-004
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