Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-16657 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In Kamailio before 5.0.7 and 5.1.x before 5.1.4, a crafted SIP message with an invalid Via header causes a segmentation fault and crashes Kamailio. The reason is missing input validation in the crcitt_string_array core function for calculating a CRC hash for To tags. (An additional error is present in the check_via_address core function: this function also misses input validation.) This could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1503.NASL description It was discovered that there was a denial of service and a potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the kamailio SIP server. A specially crafted SIP message with an invalid last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117464 published 2018-09-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117464 title Debian DLA-1503-1 : kamailio security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1503-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(117464); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/16 15:19:25"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16657"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1503-1 : kamailio security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that there was a denial of service and a potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the kamailio SIP server. A specially crafted SIP message with an invalid 'Via' header could cause a segmentation fault and crash Kamailio due to missing input validation. For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in kamailio version 4.2.0-2+deb8u5. We recommend that you upgrade your kamailio packages. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA 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:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00013.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/kamailio" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:debian:debian_linux:kamailio"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-autheph-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-berkeley-bin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-berkeley-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-carrierroute-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-cpl-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-dnssec-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-extra-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-geoip-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-ims-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-java-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-json-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-ldap-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-lua-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-memcached-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-mono-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-mysql-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-outbound-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-perl-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-postgres-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-presence-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-python-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-radius-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-redis-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-sctp-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-snmpstats-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-sqlite-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-tls-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-unixodbc-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-utils-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-websocket-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-xml-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-xmpp-modules"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/13"); 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:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"kamailio", reference:"4.2.0-2+deb8u5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"kamailio-autheph-modules", reference:"4.2.0-2+deb8u5")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"kamailio-berkeley-bin", reference:"4.2.0-2+deb8u5")) flag++; 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else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4292.NASL description Henning Westerholt discovered a flaw related to the Via header processing in kamailio, a very fast, dynamic and configurable SIP server. An unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a denial of service attack via a specially crafted SIP message with an invalid Via header. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117437 published 2018-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117437 title Debian DSA-4292-1 : kamailio - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4292. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(117437); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/16 15:19:25"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16657"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4292"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4292-1 : kamailio - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Henning Westerholt discovered a flaw related to the Via header processing in kamailio, a very fast, dynamic and configurable SIP server. An unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a denial of service attack via a specially crafted SIP message with an invalid Via header." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908324" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/kamailio" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/kamailio" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4292" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the kamailio packages. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.4.4-2+deb9u3." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:debian:debian_linux:kamailio"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/12"); 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:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio-autheph-modules", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio-berkeley-bin", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio-berkeley-modules", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio-carrierroute-modules", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio-cnxcc-modules", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio-cpl-modules", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"kamailio-dbg", reference:"4.4.4-2+deb9u3")) flag++; 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