CVE-2016-2232: Medium severity asterisk vulnerability

Published Feb 22, 2016
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Updated

Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x, 11.x before 11.21.1, 12.x, and 13.x before 13.7.1 and Certified Asterisk 1.8.28, 11.6 before 11.6-cert12, and 13.1 before 13.1-cert3 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and crash) via a zero length error correcting redundancy packet for a UDPTL FAX packet that is lost.

Affected Software

289 affected componentsFixes available
debian/asterisk
1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u41:20.8.1~dfsg+~cs6.14.40431414-1
Asterisk=1.8.0
Asterisk=1.8.0-beta1
Asterisk=1.8.0-beta2
Asterisk=1.8.0-beta3
Asterisk=1.8.0-beta4
Asterisk=1.8.0-beta5
Asterisk=1.8.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.0-rc4
Asterisk=1.8.0-rc5
Asterisk=1.8.1
Asterisk=1.8.1-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.1.1
Asterisk=1.8.1.2
Asterisk=1.8.2
Asterisk=1.8.2.1
Asterisk=1.8.2.2
Asterisk=1.8.2.3
Asterisk=1.8.2.4
Asterisk=1.8.3
Asterisk=1.8.3-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.3-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.3-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.3.1
Asterisk=1.8.3.2
Asterisk=1.8.3.3
Asterisk=1.8.4
Asterisk=1.8.4-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.4-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.4-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.4.1
Asterisk=1.8.4.2
Asterisk=1.8.4.3
Asterisk=1.8.4.4
Asterisk=1.8.5
Asterisk=1.8.5-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.5.0
Asterisk=1.8.6.0
Asterisk=1.8.6.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.6.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.6.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.7.0
Asterisk=1.8.7.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.7.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.7.1
Asterisk=1.8.8.0
Asterisk=1.8.8.0
Asterisk=1.8.8.0-patch
Asterisk=1.8.8.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.8.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.8.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.8.0-rc4
Asterisk=1.8.8.0-rc5
Asterisk=1.8.8.1
Asterisk=1.8.8.2
Asterisk=1.8.9.0
Asterisk=1.8.9.0
Asterisk=1.8.9.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.9.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.9.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.9.1
Asterisk=1.8.9.2
Asterisk=1.8.9.3
Asterisk=1.8.10.0
Asterisk=1.8.10.0
Asterisk=1.8.10.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.10.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.10.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.10.0-rc4
Asterisk=1.8.10.1
Asterisk=1.8.11.0
Asterisk=1.8.11.0
Asterisk=1.8.11.0-patch
Asterisk=1.8.11.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.11.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.11.1
Asterisk=1.8.11.1
Asterisk=1.8.11.1-patch
Asterisk=1.8.12
Asterisk=1.8.12.0
Asterisk=1.8.12.0
Asterisk=1.8.12.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.12.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.12.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.12.1
Asterisk=1.8.12.2
Asterisk=1.8.13.0
Asterisk=1.8.13.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.13.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.13.1
Asterisk=1.8.14.0
Asterisk=1.8.14.0-patch
Asterisk=1.8.14.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.14.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.14.1
Asterisk=1.8.14.1
Asterisk=1.8.14.1-patch
Asterisk=1.8.15.0
Asterisk=1.8.15.0
Asterisk=1.8.15.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.15.1
Asterisk=1.8.16.0
Asterisk=1.8.16.0
Asterisk=1.8.16.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.16.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.17.0
Asterisk=1.8.17.0
Asterisk=1.8.17.0-patch
Asterisk=1.8.17.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.17.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.17.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.18.0
Asterisk=1.8.18.0
Asterisk=1.8.18.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.18.1
Asterisk=1.8.19.0
Asterisk=1.8.19.0
Asterisk=1.8.19.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.19.0-rc3
Asterisk=1.8.19.1
Asterisk=1.8.20.0
Asterisk=1.8.20.0-patch
Asterisk=1.8.20.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.20.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.20.1
Asterisk=1.8.20.1-patch
Asterisk=1.8.20.2
Asterisk=1.8.20.2-patch
Asterisk=1.8.21.0
Asterisk=1.8.21.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.21.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.22.0
Asterisk=1.8.22.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.22.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.23.0
Asterisk=1.8.23.0-patch
Asterisk=1.8.23.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.23.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.23.1
Asterisk=1.8.24.0
Asterisk=1.8.24.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.24.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.24.1
Asterisk=1.8.25.0
Asterisk=1.8.25.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.25.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.26.0
Asterisk=1.8.26.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.26.1
Asterisk=1.8.27.0
Asterisk=1.8.27.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.27.0-rc2
Asterisk=1.8.28.0
Asterisk=1.8.28.0-rc1
Asterisk=1.8.28.1
Asterisk=1.8.28.2
Asterisk=1.8.32.0
Asterisk=11.0.0
Asterisk=11.0.0-beta1
Asterisk=11.0.0-beta2
Asterisk=11.0.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.0.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.0.1
Asterisk=11.0.2
Asterisk=11.1.0
Asterisk=11.1.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.1.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.1.0-rc3
Asterisk=11.1.1
Asterisk=11.1.2
Asterisk=11.2.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.4.0-rc4
Asterisk=11.6.0
Asterisk=11.6.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.6.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.7.0
Asterisk=11.7.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.7.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.8.0
Asterisk=11.8.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.8.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.8.0-rc3
Asterisk=11.8.1
Asterisk=11.9.0
Asterisk=11.9.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.9.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.9.0-rc3
Asterisk=11.10.0
Asterisk=11.10.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.10.1
Asterisk=11.10.1-rc1
Asterisk=11.11.0
Asterisk=11.11.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.12.0
Asterisk=11.12.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.13.0
Asterisk=11.13.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.14.0
Asterisk=11.14.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.14.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.15.0
Asterisk=11.15.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.15.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.16.0
Asterisk=11.16.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.17.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.18.0
Asterisk=11.18.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.19.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.20.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.21.0
Asterisk=11.21.0-rc1
Asterisk=11.21.0-rc2
Asterisk=11.21.0-rc3
Asterisk=12.0.0
Asterisk=12.1.0
Asterisk=12.1.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.1.0-rc2
Asterisk=12.1.0-rc3
Asterisk=12.1.1
Asterisk=12.2.0
Asterisk=12.2.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.2.0-rc2
Asterisk=12.2.0-rc3
Asterisk=12.3.0
Asterisk=12.3.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.3.0-rc2
Asterisk=12.3.1
Asterisk=12.3.2
Asterisk=12.4.0
Asterisk=12.4.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.5.0
Asterisk=12.5.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.6.0
Asterisk=12.6.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.7.0
Asterisk=12.7.0
Asterisk=12.7.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.7.0-rc2
Asterisk=12.7.1
Asterisk=12.8.0
Asterisk=12.8.0-rc1
Asterisk=12.8.0-rc2
Asterisk=12.8.1
Asterisk=12.8.2
Asterisk=13.0.0
Asterisk=13.0.1
Asterisk=13.1.0
Asterisk=13.1.0-rc1
Asterisk=13.1.0-rc2
Asterisk=13.2.0
Asterisk=13.2.0-rc1
Asterisk=13.3.0-rc1
Asterisk=13.4.0
Asterisk=13.4.0-rc1
Asterisk=13.5.0
Asterisk=13.5.0-rc1
Asterisk=13.6.0-rc1
Asterisk=13.7.0
Asterisk=13.7.0-rc1
Asterisk=13.7.0-rc2
Asterisk=13.7.0-rc3
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=1.8.28
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert1
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert1
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert1_rc2
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert10
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert11
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert2
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert2
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert3
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert3
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert4
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert5
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert6
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert7
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert8
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6-cert9
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6.0
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6.0
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6.0-rc1
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=11.6.0-rc2
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=13.1
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=13.1-cert1
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=13.1-cert2
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=13.1.0
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=13.1.0-rc1
Digium Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit=13.1.0-rc2

Event History

Feb 22, 2016
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:05 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:05 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2232?

CVE-2016-2232 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability.

2

How do I fix CVE-2016-2232?

To remediate CVE-2016-2232, upgrade Asterisk to version 11.21.1 or later, 12.x to 13.7.1 or later.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2016-2232?

CVE-2016-2232 affects remote authenticated users of Asterisk versions prior to 11.21.1, 12.x, and 13.x before 13.7.1.

4

What type of attack does CVE-2016-2232 allow?

CVE-2016-2232 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service by invoking an uninitialized pointer dereference.

5

When was CVE-2016-2232 disclosed?

CVE-2016-2232 was disclosed in March 2016.

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