PT-2005-3023 · Digium · Asterisk

Wade Alcorn · Published 2005-06-30 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-2081

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Asterisk version 1.0.7

Description: The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the function that parses commands. This occurs when the 'write = command' option is enabled, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a command that has two double quotes followed by a tab character.

Recommendations: For Asterisk version 1.0.7, consider disabling the 'write = command' option as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2081

Affected Products

Asterisk

References · 8

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2081 · Vendor Advisory
• http://portcullis-security.com/advisory/advisory-05-013.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2081 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2081 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111946399501080&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21115 · Note