Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-7100 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, Asterisk Digiumphones and Certified Asterisk

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
digium
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in the unpacksms16 function in apps/app_sms.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.24.1, 10.x before 10.12.4, and 11.x before 11.6.1; Asterisk with Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.12.4-digiumphones; and Certified Asterisk 1.8.x before 1.8.15-cert4 and 11.x before 11.2-cert3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 16-bit SMS message with an odd number of bytes, which triggers an infinite loop.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idASTERISK_AST_2013_007.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version in its SIP banner, the version of Asterisk running on the remote host is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id71538
    published2013-12-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71538
    titleAsterisk Multiple Vulnerabilities (AST-2013-006 / AST-2013-007)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(71538);
      script_version("1.7");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/27");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2013-7100");
      script_bugtraq_id(64364, 64367);
    
      script_name(english:"Asterisk Multiple Vulnerabilities (AST-2013-006 / AST-2013-007)");
      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 :
    
      - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the
        'unpacksms16()' function of the 'app_sms.c' source file.
        When a 16-bit SMS message with an unusual message length
        value is received, an infinite loop will be created,
        causing a denial of service.
    
      - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists because of
        the way dialplan functions are handled during variable
        substitution.  Privileged dialplan functions, such as
        the SHELL() and FILE() functions, can be used by
        external control protocols, such as the Asterisk Manager
        Interface and Asterisk Gateway Interface.  A malicious,
        authenticated user could use these functions to modify
        arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2013-006.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2013-007.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-22590");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-22905");
      # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.8.24.1
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5269580c");
      # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-10.4.2
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?989ff925");
      # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-11.6.1
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8f8ef69c");
      # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/certified-asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.8.15-cert4
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b1df629a");
      # http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/certified-asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-11.2-cert3
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?60d42add");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to Asterisk 1.8.24.1 / 10.12.4 / 11.6.1 / Certified Asterisk
    1.8.15-cert4 / 11.2-cert3, or apply the appropriate patches or
    workaround contained in the Asterisk advisories.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2013-7100");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/12/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/12/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/12/19");
    
      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) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      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+"'.");
        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';
      }
    
      # Open Source 10x < 10.12.4
      if (version =~ "^10([^0-9]|$)" && "cert" >!< tolower(version))
      {
        fixed = "10.12.4";
        vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
      }
    
      # Open Source 11x < 11.6.1
      if (version =~ "^11([^0-9]|$)" && "cert" >!< tolower(version))
      {
        fixed = "11.6.1";
        vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
      }
    
      # Open Source 1.8.x < 1.8.24.1
      if (version =~ "^1\.8([^0-9]|$)" && "cert" >!< tolower(version))
      {
        fixed = "1.8.24.1";
        vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
      }
    
      # Asterisk Certified 1.8.15-cert4
      if (version =~ "^1\.8\.15([^0-9])" && "cert" >< tolower(version))
      {
        fixed = "1.8.15-cert4";
        vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
      }
    
      # Asterisk Certified 11.2.x < 11.2-cert3
      if (version =~ "^11\.2([^0-9])" && "cert" >< tolower(version))
      {
        fixed = "11.2-cert3";
        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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-24108.NASL
    description - Sat Dec 28 2013 Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> - 11.7.0-1 : - The Asterisk Development Team has announced the release of Asterisk 11.7.0. - This release is available for immediate download at - http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk 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.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-01-09
    plugin id71868
    published2014-01-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71868
    titleFedora 20 : asterisk-11.7.0-1.fc20 (2013-24108)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-24142.NASL
    description - Sat Dec 28 2013 Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> - 11.7.0-1 : - The Asterisk Development Team has announced the release of Asterisk 11.7.0. - This release is available for immediate download at - http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk 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.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-01-09
    plugin id71871
    published2014-01-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71871
    titleFedora 18 : asterisk-11.7.0-1.fc18 (2013-24142)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-24119.NASL
    description - Sat Dec 28 2013 Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> - 11.7.0-1 : - The Asterisk Development Team has announced the release of Asterisk 11.7.0. - This release is available for immediate download at - http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk 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.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-01-09
    plugin id71870
    published2014-01-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71870
    titleFedora 19 : asterisk-11.7.0-1.fc19 (2013-24119)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-300.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in asterisk : Buffer overflow in the unpacksms16 function in apps/app_sms.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.24.1, 10.x before 10.12.4, and 11.x before 11.6.1; Asterisk with Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.12.4-digiumphones; and Certified Asterisk 1.8.x before 1.8.15-cert4 and 11.x before 11.2-cert3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 16-bit SMS message (CVE-2013-7100). The updated packages has been upgraded to the 11.7.0 version which resolves various upstream bugs and is not vulnerable to this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id71607
    published2013-12-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71607
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : asterisk (MDVSA-2013:300)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2835.NASL
    descriptionJan Juergens discovered a buffer overflow in the parser for SMS messages in Asterisk. An additional change was backported, which is fully described in http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2013-007.html With the fix for AST-2013-007, a new configuration option was added in order to allow the system administrator to disable the expansion of
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-01-08
    plugin id71848
    published2014-01-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71848
    titleDebian DSA-2835-1 : asterisk - buffer overflow
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201401-15.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-15 (Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id72054
    published2014-01-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72054
    titleGLSA-201401-15 : Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_0C39BAFC677111E3868F0025905A4771.NASL
    descriptionThe Asterisk project reports : A 16 bit SMS message that contains an odd message length value will cause the message decoding loop to run forever. The message buffer is not on the stack but will be overflowed resulting in corrupted memory and an immediate crash. External control protocols, such as the Asterisk Manager Interface, often have the ability to get and set channel variables; this allows the execution of dialplan functions. Dialplan functions within Asterisk are incredibly powerful, which is wonderful for building applications using Asterisk. But during the read or write execution, certain diaplan functions do much more. For example, reading the SHELL() function can execute arbitrary commands on the system Asterisk is running on. Writing to the FILE() function can change any file that Asterisk has write access to. When these functions are executed from an external protocol, that execution could result in a privilege escalation.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id71506
    published2013-12-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71506
    titleFreeBSD : asterisk -- multiple vulnerabilities (0c39bafc-6771-11e3-868f-0025905a4771)