CVE-2019-18610

Description

An issue was discovered in manager.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x, 16.x, 17.x and Certified Asterisk 13.21 through 13.21-cert4. A remote authenticated Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) user without system authorization could use a specially crafted Originate AMI request to execute arbitrary system commands.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 32.34% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory asterisk.org Vendor Advisory asterisk.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.asterisk.org/downloads/security-advisories vendor advisory
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2019-007.html patch vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00038.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00001.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-18610?
CVE-2019-18610 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-18610?
To fix CVE-2019-18610, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-18610 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-18610 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~32% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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