CVE-2018-17281
There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the res_http_websocket.so module of Asterisk through 13.23.0, 14.7.x through 14.7.7, and 15.x through 15.6.0 and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-cert2.
02 Description
There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the res_http_websocket.so module of Asterisk through 13.23.0, 14.7.x through 14.7.7, and 15.x through 15.6.0 and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-cert2.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 52.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-09-24 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a091e8bfb4c5af2f14b8a6c102a7c548b9f7510ccf5f59b6a8c00c519eab9e7e
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1041694http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041694
- seclists.org20180920 AST-2018-009: Remote crash vulnerability in HTTP websocket upgradehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/31
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149453/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2018-009.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4320https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4320
- seclists.org20180920 AST-2018-009: Remote crash vulnerability in HTTP websocket upgradehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/53
- issues.asterisk.orghttps://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-28013
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180927 [SECURITY] [DLA 1523-1] asterisk security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00034.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-11
- www.securityfocus.com105389http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105389
- downloads.asterisk.orghttp://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-009.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 14
- asterisk Fixed in 1:13.23.1~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- asterisk No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- asterisk No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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