Vulnerability in asterisk (DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46837)

Summary

Vulnerability in asterisk (DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46837). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 1:18.9.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

res_pjsip_t38 in Sangoma Asterisk 16.x before 16.16.2, 17.x before 17.9.3, and 18.x before 18.2.2, and Certified Asterisk before 16.8-cert7, allows an attacker to trigger a crash by sending an m=image line and zero port in a response to a T.38 re-invite initiated by Asterisk. This is a re-occurrence of the CVE-2019-15297 symptoms but not for exactly the same reason. The crash occurs because there is an append operation relative to the active topology, but this should instead be a replace operation.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46837 has been found in asterisk.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade asterisk to 1:18.9.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "asterisk DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46837" on the vendor's site.

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46837 (asterisk)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 1:18.9.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in asterisk.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of asterisk.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 1:18.9.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'asterisk' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'asterisk' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で asterisk を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade asterisk to 1:18.9.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-1
```
ステージング環境で 1:18.9.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Debian:14 asterisk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:18.9.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org