CVE-2023-49294
HIGH7.5EPSS 17.1%Published: 12/14/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2023-49294DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49294
Description
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In Asterisk prior to versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, it is possible to read any arbitrary file even when the `live_dangerously` is not enabled. This allows arbitrary files to be read. Asterisk versions 18.20.1, 20.5.1, and 21.0.1, as well as certified-asterisk prior to 18.9-cert6, contain a fix for this issue.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/asteriskfrom 0, < 18.20.2-r0
- Debian/asteriskfrom 0, < 1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |