CVE-2024-42491

MEDIUM

Asterisk <18.24.3, <20.9.3, <21.4.3 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Asterisk is an open-source private branch exchange (PBX). Prior to versions 18.24.3, 20.9.3, and 21.4.3 of Asterisk and versions 18.9-cert12 and 20.7-cert2 of certified-asterisk, if Asterisk attempts to send a SIP request to a URI whose host portion starts with `.1` or `[.1]`, and res_resolver_unbound is loaded, Asterisk will crash with a SEGV. To receive a patch, users should upgrade to one of the following versions: 18.24.3, 20.9.3, 21.4.3, certified-18.9-cert12, certified-20.7-cert2. Two workarounds are available. Disable res_resolver_unbound by setting `noload = res_resolver_unbound.so` in modules.conf, or set `rewrite_contact = yes` on all PJSIP endpoints. NOTE: This may not be appropriate for all Asterisk configurations.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.7
EPSS 0.0096
EPSS Percentile 76.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-252 CWE-476
Status published
Products (4)
sangoma/asterisk < 18.24.3
sangoma/certified_asterisk 18.9 (15 CPE variants)
sangoma/certified_asterisk 20.7 cert1 (4 CPE variants)
sangoma/certified_asterisk < 18.9
Published Sep 05, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026