Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12228 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in Asterisk Open Source

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
asterisk
CWE-835
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. This renders the system unusable.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Asterisk
1

Nessus

NASL familyMisc.
NASL idASTERISK_AST_15_X_2018_007-008.NASL
descriptionAccording to its SIP banner, the version of Asterisk running on the remote host is 15.x prior to 15.4.1. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as described in AST-2018-007 & AST-2018-008 advisories. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id110561
published2018-06-15
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110561
titleAsterisk 15.x < 15.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (AST-2018-007 - AST-2018-008)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(110561);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12227", "CVE-2018-12228");

  script_name(english:"Asterisk 15.x < 15.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (AST-2018-007 - AST-2018-008)");
  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
multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its SIP banner, the version of Asterisk running on the
remote host is 15.x prior to 15.4.1. It is therefore, affected by
multiple vulnerabilities as described in AST-2018-007 & AST-2018-008
advisories.

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-2018-007.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-008.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Asterisk version 15.4.1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  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:L/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-12227");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/06/15");

  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) 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 =~ "^15([^0-9])" && "cert" >!< tolower(version))
  {
    fixed = "15.4.1";
    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);
}