CVE-2025-54995
Publication date 28 August 2025
Last updated 15 September 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to versions 18.26.4 and 18.9-cert17, RTP UDP ports and internal resources can leak due to a lack of session termination. This could result in leaks and resource exhaustion. This issue has been patched in versions 18.26.4 and 18.9-cert17.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| asterisk | 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.5 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54995
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-557q-795j-wfx2
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/pull/1405
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/eafcd7a451dcd007dddf324ac37dd55a4808338d
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/0278f5bde14565c6838a6ec39bc21aee0cde56a9
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/pull/1406