CVE-2023-49786
HIGHAsterisk < 18.20.1, 20.5.1, 21.0.1 & Certified Asterisk < 18.9-cert6 DoS via DTLS Race Condition
Title source: llmDescription
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In Asterisk prior to versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1; as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6; Asterisk is susceptible to a DoS due to a race condition in the hello handshake phase of the DTLS protocol when handling DTLS-SRTP for media setup. This attack can be done continuously, thus denying new DTLS-SRTP encrypted calls during the attack. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to a massive Denial of Service on vulnerable Asterisk servers for calls that rely on DTLS-SRTP. Commit d7d7764cb07c8a1872804321302ef93bf62cba05 contains a fix, which is part of versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, 21.0.1, amd 18.9-cert6.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176251/Asterisk-20.1.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/24
Exploit, Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/15/7
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-hxj9-xwr8-w8pq
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/d7d7764cb07c8a1872804321302ef93bf62cba05
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0529
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-362
CWE-703
Status
published
Products (5)
digium/asterisk
21.0.0
digium/asterisk
< 18.20.1
sangoma/certified_asterisk
13.13.0 (10 CPE variants)
sangoma/certified_asterisk
16.8.0 (13 CPE variants)
sangoma/certified_asterisk
18.9 cert1 (5 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 14, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026