CVE-2020-28327

Published Nov 6, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
A res_pjsip_session crash was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.37.1, 16.x before 16.14.1, 17.x before 17.8.1, and 18.x before 18.0.1. and Certified Asterisk before 16.8-cert5. Upon receiving a new SIP Invite, Asterisk did not return the created dialog locked or referenced. This caused a gap between the creation of the dialog object, and its next use by the thread that created it. Depending on some off-nominal circumstances and timing, it was possible for another thread to free said dialog in this gap. Asterisk could then crash when the dialog object, or any of its dependent objects, were dereferenced or accessed next by the initial-creation thread. Note, however, that this crash can only occur when using a connection-oriented protocol (e.g., TCP or TLS, but not UDP) for SIP transport. Also, the remote client must be authenticated, or Asterisk must be configured for anonymous calling.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20790 A res_pjsip_session crash was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.37.1, 16.x before 16.14.1, 17.x before 17.8.1, and 18.x before 18.0.1. and Certified Asterisk before 16.8-cert5. Upon receiving a new SIP Invite, Asterisk did not return the created dialog locked or referenced. This caused a gap between the creation of the dialog object, and its next use by the thread that created it. Depending on some off-nominal circumstances and timing, it was possible for another thread to free said dialog in this gap. Asterisk could then crash when the dialog object, or any of its dependent objects, were dereferenced or accessed next by the initial-creation thread. Note, however, that this crash can only occur when using a connection-oriented protocol (e.g., TCP or TLS, but not UDP) for SIP transport. Also, the remote client must be authenticated, or Asterisk must be configured for anonymous calling.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sangoma
Sangoma asterisk
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Asterisk
Asterisk open Source
Sangoma
Sangoma asterisk
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:33 PM
Reserved
Nov 6, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 6, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM