CVE-2021-31878 (GCVE-0-2021-31878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-27 05:17 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:10
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in PJSIP in Asterisk before 16.19.1 and before 18.5.1. To exploit, a re-INVITE without SDP must be received after Asterisk has sent a BYE request.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2319 records in the last 180 days details
References
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