Debian DLA-2969-1 : asterisk - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 159473

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2969 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source through 13.27.0, 14.x and 15.x through 15.7.2, and 16.x through 16.4.0, and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-cert3. A pointer dereference in chan_sip while handling SDP negotiation allows an attacker to crash Asterisk when handling an SDP answer to an outgoing T.38 re-invite. To exploit this vulnerability an attacker must cause the chan_sip module to send a T.38 re-invite request to them. Upon receipt, the attacker must send an SDP answer containing both a T.38 UDPTL stream and another media stream containing only a codec (which is not permitted according to the chan_sip configuration). (CVE-2019-13161)

- An issue was discovered in manager.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x, 16.x, 17.x and Certified Asterisk 13.21 through 13.21-cert4. A remote authenticated Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) user without system authorization could use a specially crafted Originate AMI request to execute arbitrary system commands.
(CVE-2019-18610)

- An issue was discovered in channels/chan_sip.c in Sangoma Asterisk 13.x before 13.29.2, 16.x before 16.6.2, and 17.x before 17.0.1, and Certified Asterisk 13.21 before cert5. A SIP request can be sent to Asterisk that can change a SIP peer's IP address. A REGISTER does not need to occur, and calls can be hijacked as a result. The only thing that needs to be known is the peer's name; authentication details such as passwords do not need to be known. This vulnerability is only exploitable when the nat option is set to the default, or auto_force_rport. (CVE-2019-18790)

- An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_t38.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-x. If it receives a re-invite initiating T.38 faxing and has a port of 0 and no c line in the SDP, a NULL pointer dereference and crash will occur. This is different from CVE-2019-18940. (CVE-2019-18976)

- An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.37.1, 16.x before 16.14.1, 17.x before 17.8.1, and 18.x before 18.0.1 and Certified Asterisk before 16.8-cert5. If Asterisk is challenged on an outbound INVITE and the nonce is changed in each response, Asterisk will continually send INVITEs in a loop. This causes Asterisk to consume more and more memory since the transaction will never terminate (even if the call is hung up), ultimately leading to a restart or shutdown of Asterisk. Outbound authentication must be configured on the endpoint for this to occur. (CVE-2020-28242)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159473

File Name: debian_DLA-2969.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/3/2022

Updated: 4/3/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18610

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-mobile, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-config, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-dahdi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-mp3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-ooh323, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-voicemail, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-voicemail-imapstorage, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-voicemail-odbcstorage, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk-vpb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13161, CVE-2019-18610, CVE-2019-18790, CVE-2019-18976, CVE-2020-28242

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