Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-17850 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Digium Asterisk and Certified Asterisk

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201811-11.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(119131);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/26 11:02:12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16671", "CVE-2017-16672", "CVE-2017-17850", "CVE-2018-12227", "CVE-2018-17281");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201811-11");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201811-11 : Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-11
(Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk. Please review
      the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or conduct
      information gathering.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-11"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/asterisk-13.23.1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:asterisk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-misc/asterisk", unaffected:make_list("ge 13.23.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 13.23.1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Asterisk");
}

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(105545);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/08");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-17850");

  script_name(english:"Asterisk 13.x < 13.18.5 / 14.x < 14.7.5 / 15.x < 15.1.5 / 13.13 < 13.18-cert2 Crash in PJSIP (AST-2017-014)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version in the SIP banner.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A telephony application running on the remote host is affected by
a remote denial of service vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its SIP banner, the version of Asterisk running on the
remote host is 13.x prior to 13.18.5, 14.x prior to 14.7.5, 15.x prior
to 15.1.5, or 13.18 prior to 13.18-cert2. It is therefore, affected by
a remote denial of service attack as
described in AST-2017-014.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-014.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Asterisk version 13.18.5 / 14.7.5 / 15.1.4 / 13.18-cert2 or later.");
  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_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-17850");

  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:"2017/12/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/12/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/04");

  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) 2018-2019 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");

asterisk_kbs = get_kb_list_or_exit("sip/asterisk/*/version");

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 = pregmatch(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 installation 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 =~ "^13([^0-9])" && "cert" >!< tolower(version))
  {
    fixed = "13.18.5";
    vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
  }
  else if (version =~ "^14([^0-9])" && "cert" >!< tolower(version))
  {
    fixed = "14.7.5";
    vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
  }
  else if (version =~ "^15([^0-9])" && "cert" >!< tolower(version))
  {
    fixed = "15.1.5";
    vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
  }
  else if (version =~ "^13\.18([^0-9])" && "cert" >< tolower(version))
  {
    fixed = "13.18-cert2";
    vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
  }

  if (vulnerable < 0)
  {
    is_vuln = TRUE;
    report =
        '\n  Version source    : ' + banner +
        '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
        '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed +
        '\n';
      security_report_v4(severity:SECURITY_WARNING, port:port, proto:proto, extra:report);
  }
  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 installations : \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 audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "Asterisk", not_vuln_installs);
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2017-41242dfe10.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(105861);
  script_version("3.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-17850");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-41242dfe10");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 27 : asterisk (2017-41242dfe10)");
  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 upstream 14.7.5 release for AST-2017-014/CVE-2017-17850
security issue

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as
possible without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-41242dfe10"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected asterisk package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");

  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:27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/12/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 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 = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^27([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 27", "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:"FC27", reference:"asterisk-14.7.5-1.fc27")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "asterisk");
}

#
# (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(105448);
  script_version("3.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-17850");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : asterisk -- Crash in PJSIP resource when missing a contact header (2a3bc6ac-e7c6-11e7-a90b-001999f8d30b)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The Asterisk project reports :

A select set of SIP messages create a dialog in Asterisk. Those SIP
messages must contain a contact header. For those messages, if the
header was not present and using the PJSIP channel driver, it would
cause Asterisk to crash. The severity of this vulnerability is
somewhat mitigated if authentication is enabled. If authentication is
enabled a user would have to first be authorized before reaching the
crash point."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-014.html"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/2a3bc6ac-e7c6-11e7-a90b-001999f8d30b.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2ff18ace"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:asterisk13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/12/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/12/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 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:"asterisk13<13.18.5")) 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");