Digium Asterisk up to 1.4.2 SIP Response Code denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digium Asterisk up to 1.4.2. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SIP Response Code Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-1594. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Digium Asterisk up to 1.4.2 (Communications System). Affected is some unknown processing of the component SIP Response Code Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The handle_response function in chan_sip.c in Asterisk before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SIP Response code 0 in a SIP packet.

The weakness was presented 03/22/2007 by qwerty1979 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sineapps.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-1594 since 03/22/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24934 (GLSA-200704-01 : Asterisk: Two SIP Denial of Service vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38579 (Asterisk SIP Channel Driver Reponse Code Zero Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 12072. In this case the pattern SIP/2.0 is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8991.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33168), Tenable (24934), SecurityFocus (BID 23093†), OSVDB (34478†) and Secunia (SA24579†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24934
Nessus Name: GLSA-200704-01 : Asterisk: Two SIP Denial of Service vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 850061
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 12072
Snort Message: VOIP-SIP response code not three digits
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: digium.com

Advisory: sineapps.com
Researcher: qwerty1979
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1594 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1594
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2988
X-Force: 33168
SecurityFocus: 23093 - Asterisk SIP Channel Driver Response Code Zero Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 24579 - Asterisk SIP Response Code Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 34478 - Asterisk Crafted SIP Response Code handle_response Function DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017809 - Asterisk Can Be Crashed By Remote Users With an Unexpected SIP Response Code
Vulnerability Center: 14755 - Asterisk Remote Denial of Service via a SIP Response Code 0, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1077

Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2007 11:55
Updated: 03/15/2021 11:08
Changes: 03/30/2007 11:55 (87), 12/24/2017 09:33 (13), 03/15/2021 11:08 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:4E8:103

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