Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-4598 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Digium Asterisk
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The handle_request_info function in channels/chan_sip.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.2.x before 1.6.2.21 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7.2, when automon is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted sequence of SIP requests.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_BB38913721FB11E189B4001EC9578670.NASL description Asterisk project reports : It is possible to enumerate SIP usernames when the general and user/peer NAT settings differ in whether to respond to the port a request is sent from or the port listed for responses in the Via header. When the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57051 published 2011-12-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57051 title FreeBSD : asterisk -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (bb389137-21fb-11e1-89b4-001ec9578670) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(57051); script_version("1.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:41"); script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4597", "CVE-2011-4598"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : asterisk -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (bb389137-21fb-11e1-89b4-001ec9578670)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Asterisk project reports : It is possible to enumerate SIP usernames when the general and user/peer NAT settings differ in whether to respond to the port a request is sent from or the port listed for responses in the Via header. When the 'automon' feature is enabled in features.conf, it is possible to send a sequence of SIP requests that cause Asterisk to dereference a NULL pointer and crash." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-013.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-014.html" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/bb389137-21fb-11e1-89b4-001ec9578670.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?de4fd328" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:asterisk16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:asterisk18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/12/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/12/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"asterisk18<1.8.7.2")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"asterisk16<1.6.2.21")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2012-4259.NASL description Update to 1.8.10.1, which fixes 2 security vulnerabilities. The Asterisk Development Team has announced security releases for Asterisk 1.4, 1.6.2 and 1.8. The available security releases are released as versions 1.4.43, 1.6.2.21 and 1.8.7.2. These releases are available for immediate download at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases The release of Asterisk versions 1.4.43, 1.6.2.21, and 1.8.7.2 resolves an issue with possible remote enumeration of SIP endpoints with differing NAT settings. The release of Asterisk versions 1.6.2.21 and 1.8.7.2 resolves a remote crash possibility with SIP when the last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2012-04-02 plugin id 58549 published 2012-04-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58549 title Fedora 15 : asterisk-1.8.10.1-1.fc15 (2012-4259) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2012-4259. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(58549); script_version("1.13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4597", "CVE-2011-4598", "CVE-2012-1183", "CVE-2012-1184"); script_bugtraq_id(50989, 50990, 52523, 52815); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-4259"); script_name(english:"Fedora 15 : asterisk-1.8.10.1-1.fc15 (2012-4259)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Update to 1.8.10.1, which fixes 2 security vulnerabilities. The Asterisk Development Team has announced security releases for Asterisk 1.4, 1.6.2 and 1.8. The available security releases are released as versions 1.4.43, 1.6.2.21 and 1.8.7.2. These releases are available for immediate download at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases The release of Asterisk versions 1.4.43, 1.6.2.21, and 1.8.7.2 resolves an issue with possible remote enumeration of SIP endpoints with differing NAT settings. The release of Asterisk versions 1.6.2.21 and 1.8.7.2 resolves a remote crash possibility with SIP when the 'automon' feature is enabled. The issues and resolutions are described in the AST-2011-013 and AST-2011-014 security advisories. For more information about the details of these vulnerabilities, please read the security advisories AST-2011-013 and AST-2011-014, which were released at the same time as this announcement. For a full list of changes in the current releases, please see the ChangeLogs : http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLo g-1.4.43 http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLo g-1.6.2.21 http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLo g-1.8.7.2 Security advisory AST-2011-013 is available at : - http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-013. pdf Security advisory AST-2011-014 is available at : - http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-014. pdf Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-013.pdf" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-014.pdf" ); # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/" ); # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.4.43 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5d3e0301" ); # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.6.2.21 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?de7eb2c6" ); # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.8.7.2 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6c680dc0" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765773" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765776" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804038" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804042" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076654.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a5fa7bf9" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected asterisk package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:asterisk"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/04/02"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^15([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 15.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC15", reference:"asterisk-1.8.10.1-1.fc15")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "asterisk"); }
NASL family Misc. NASL id ASTERISK_AST_2011_014.NASL description According to the version in its SIP banner, the version of Asterisk running on the remote host is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An issue in the SIP protocol can lead to the enumeration of endpoints with NAT settings different from the default. Note that this is an issue with the SIP protocol itself, and that updated versions of Asterisk provide warnings and safer defaults. (AST-2011-013) - A NULL pointer derefererence can lead to an application crash by a remote, unauthenticated user when processing a SIP request. Note that successful exploitation requires that the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57289 published 2011-12-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57289 title Asterisk Multiple Vulnerabilities (AST-2011-013 / AST-2011-014) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(57289); script_version("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/06/27 18:42:26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4597", "CVE-2011-4598"); script_bugtraq_id(50989, 50990); script_name(english:"Asterisk Multiple Vulnerabilities (AST-2011-013 / AST-2011-014)"); script_summary(english:"Checks version in SIP banner."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "A telephony application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version in its SIP banner, the version of Asterisk running on the remote host is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An issue in the SIP protocol can lead to the enumeration of endpoints with NAT settings different from the default. Note that this is an issue with the SIP protocol itself, and that updated versions of Asterisk provide warnings and safer defaults. (AST-2011-013) - A NULL pointer derefererence can lead to an application crash by a remote, unauthenticated user when processing a SIP request. Note that successful exploitation requires that the 'automon' feature in features.conf be enabled and that it is not by default. (AST-2011-014)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Either update to Asterisk 1.6.2.21 / 1.8.7.2 or later or disable the 'automon' feature in features.conf."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value: "http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-013.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value: "http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-014.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/07/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/12/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/12/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:digium:asterisk"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Misc."); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("asterisk_detection.nasl"); script_require_keys("asterisk/sip_detected", "Settings/ParanoidReport"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("asterisk/sip_detected"); # see if we were able to get version info from the Asterisk SIP services asterisk_kbs = get_kb_list("sip/asterisk/*/version"); if (isnull(asterisk_kbs)) exit(1, "Could not obtain any version information from the Asterisk SIP instance(s)."); # Prevent potential false positives. if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID); is_vuln = FALSE; not_vuln_installs = make_list(); errors = make_list(); foreach kb_name (keys(asterisk_kbs)) { vulnerable = 0; matches = eregmatch(pattern:"/(udp|tcp)/([0-9]+)/version", string:kb_name); if (isnull(matches)) { errors = make_list(errors, "Unexpected error parsing port number from kb name: "+kb_name); continue; } proto = matches[1]; port = matches[2]; version = asterisk_kbs[kb_name]; if (version == 'unknown') { errors = make_list(errors, "Unable to obtain version of install on " + proto + "/" + port); continue; } banner = get_kb_item("sip/asterisk/" + proto + "/" + port + "/source"); if (!banner) { # We have version but banner is missing; log error # and use in version-check though. errors = make_list(errors, "KB item 'sip/asterisk/" + proto + "/" + port + "/source' is missing"); banner = 'unknown'; } if (version =~ "^1\.6([^0-9]|$)") { fixed = "1.6.2.21"; vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk"); } else if (version =~ "^1\.8([^0-9]|$)") { fixed = "1.8.7.2"; vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk"); } if (vulnerable < 0) { is_vuln = TRUE; if (report_verbosity > 0) { report = '\n Version source : ' + banner + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fixed + '\n'; security_warning(port:port, proto:proto, extra:report); } else security_warning(port:port, proto:proto); } else not_vuln_installs = make_list(not_vuln_installs, version + " on port " + proto + "/" + port); } if (max_index(errors)) { if (max_index(errors) == 1) errmsg = errors[0]; else errmsg = 'Errors were encountered verifying installs : \n ' + join(errors, sep:'\n '); exit(1, errmsg); } else { installs = max_index(not_vuln_installs); if (installs == 0) { if (is_vuln) exit(0); else audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, "Asterisk"); } else if (installs == 1) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "Asterisk " + not_vuln_installs[0]); else exit(0, "The Asterisk installs (" + join(not_vuln_installs, sep:", ") + ") are not affected."); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2367.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk, an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit : - CVE-2011-4597 Ben Williams discovered that it was possible to enumerate SIP user names in some configurations. Please see the upstream advisory for details. This update only modifies the sample sip.conf configuration file. Please see README.Debian for more information on how to update your installation. - CVE-2011-4598 Kristijan Vrban discovered that Asterisk can be crashed with malformed SIP packets if the last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2012-01-12 plugin id 57507 published 2012-01-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57507 title Debian DSA-2367-1 : asterisk - several vulnerabilities
References
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-014.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/4
- http://osvdb.org/77598
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47273
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2367
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2367
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47273
- http://osvdb.org/77598
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/3