Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-7100 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, Asterisk Digiumphones and Certified Asterisk
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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 family Misc. NASL id ASTERISK_AST_2013_007.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 : - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 71538 published 2013-12-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71538 title Asterisk 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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_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 seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-01-09 plugin id 71868 published 2014-01-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71868 title Fedora 20 : asterisk-11.7.0-1.fc20 (2013-24108) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_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 seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-01-09 plugin id 71871 published 2014-01-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71871 title Fedora 18 : asterisk-11.7.0-1.fc18 (2013-24142) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_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 seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-01-09 plugin id 71870 published 2014-01-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71870 title Fedora 19 : asterisk-11.7.0-1.fc19 (2013-24119) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-300.NASL description A 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 71607 published 2013-12-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71607 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : asterisk (MDVSA-2013:300) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2835.NASL description Jan 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 seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-01-08 plugin id 71848 published 2014-01-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71848 title Debian DSA-2835-1 : asterisk - buffer overflow NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201401-15.NASL description The 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 72054 published 2014-01-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72054 title GLSA-201401-15 : Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_0C39BAFC677111E3868F0025905A4771.NASL description The 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 71506 published 2013-12-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71506 title FreeBSD : asterisk -- multiple vulnerabilities (0c39bafc-6771-11e3-868f-0025905a4771)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-12/0089.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-12/0089.html
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2013-006.html
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2013-006.html
- http://osvdb.org/101100
- http://osvdb.org/101100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56294
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2835
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2835
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:300
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:300
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64364
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64364
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029499
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029499
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89825
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89825
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-22590
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-22590