CVE-2014-4046 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated Manager users can execute arbitrary shell commands via the MixMonitor action in Asterisk.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-4046?

CVE-2014-4046 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, published on 17 Jun 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Asterisk Open Source 11.x before 11.10.1 and 12.x before 12.3.1 and Certified Asterisk 11.6 before 11.6-cert3 allows remote authenticated Manager users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a MixMonitor action.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4046?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Digium Asterisk, Digium Certified Asterisk.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4046?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2014-4046 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Digium Asterisk vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4046, GHSA-w674-3mq5-fw7c.

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