Lucene search

K
nessusThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.ASTERISK_AST_2011_001.NASL
HistoryJan 21, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

Asterisk main/utils.c ast_uri_encode() CallerID Information Overflow (AST-2011-001)

2011-01-2100:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
www.tenable.com
13

CVSS2

6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.032

Percentile

91.3%

Using a specially crafted caller ID string, an authenticated user placing an outgoing call through the remote Asterisk server can cause a buffer overflow leading to an application crash or execution of arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation may require that the SIP channel driver is configured with the ‘pedantic’ option enabled.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(51644);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0495");
  script_bugtraq_id(45839);
  script_xref(name:"SECUNIA", value:"42935");

  script_name(english:"Asterisk main/utils.c ast_uri_encode() CallerID Information Overflow (AST-2011-001)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A telephony application running on the remote host is affected by a
buffer overflow vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Using a specially crafted caller ID string, an authenticated user
placing an outgoing call through the remote Asterisk server can cause
a buffer overflow leading to an application crash or execution of
arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation may require that the SIP channel driver is
configured with the 'pedantic' option enabled.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-001.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Asterisk 1.4.38.1 / 1.4.39.1 / 1.6.1.21 / 1.6.2.15.1 /
1.6.2.16.1 / 1.8.1.2 / 1.8.2.2, Asterisk Business Edition C.3.6.2 or
later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");

  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:"2011/01/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/01/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/01/21");

  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_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Gain a shell remotely");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  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");

# see if we were able to get version info from the Asterisk SIP services
asterisk_kbs = get_kb_list("sip/asterisk/*/version");
if (isnull(asterisk_kbs)) exit(1, "Could not obtain any version information from the Asterisk SIP instance(s).");

# Prevent potential false positives.
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 = eregmatch(pattern:"/(udp|tcp)/([0-9]+)/version", string:kb_name);
  if (isnull(matches))
  {
    errors = make_list(errors, "Unexpected error parsing port number from kb name: "+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 install 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 =~ '^1\\.2([^0-9]|$)')
  {
    # No longer supported by vendor.
    fixed = "The 1.2 branch is no longer supported.";
    vulnerable = -1;
  }
  else if (version =~ '^1\\.4([^0-9]|$)')
  {
    if (version =~ '^1\\.4\\.38([^0-9]|$)')
    {
      fixed = "1.4.38.1";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
    }
    else if (version =~ '^1\\.4\\.39([^0-9]|$)')
    {
      fixed = "1.4.39.1";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
    }
    else
    {
      # Recommend lowest patched version in the 1.4 branch.
      fixed = "1.4.38.1";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"1.4.40", app:"asterisk");
    }
  }
  else if (version =~ '^1\\.6([^0-9]|$)')
  {
    if (version =~ '^1\\.6\\.1([^0-9]|$)')
    {
      fixed = "1.6.1.21";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
    }
    else if (version =~ '^1\\.6\\.2([^0-9]|$)')
    {
      if (version =~ '^1\\.6\\.2\\.15([^0-9]|$)')
      {
        fixed = "1.6.2.15.1";
        vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
      }
      else if (version =~ '^1\\.6\\.2\\.16([^0-9]|$)')
      {
        fixed = "1.6.2.16.1";
        vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
      }
      else
      {
        # Recommend lowest patched version in the 1.6.2 branch.
        fixed = "1.6.2.15.1";
        vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"1.6.2.17", app:"asterisk");
      }
    }
    else
    {
      # Recommend lowest patched version in the 1.6 branch.
      fixed = "1.6.1.21";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"1.6.3", app:"asterisk");
    }
  }
  else if (version =~ '^1\\.8([^0-9]|$)')
  {
    if (version =~ '^1\\.8\\.1([^0-9]|$)')
    {
      fixed = "1.8.1.2";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
    }
    else if (version =~ '^1\\.8\\.2([^0-9]|$)')
    {
      fixed = "1.8.2.2";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed, app:"asterisk");
    }
    else
    {
      # Recommend lowest patched version in the 1.8 branch.
      fixed = "1.8.1.2";
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"1.8.3", app:"asterisk");
    }
  }
  else if (version =~ '^[A-Z]')
  {
    fixed = "C.3.6.2";

    if (version[0] <= "B")
    {
      vulnerable = -1;
    }
    else if (version[0] > "C")
    {
      vulnerable = 1;
    }
    else
    {
      tmp_fixed = substr(fixed, 2);
      tmp_version = substr(version, 2);
      vulnerable = ver_compare(ver:tmp_version, fix:tmp_fixed, app:"asterisk");
    }
  }

  if (vulnerable < 0)
  {
    is_vuln = TRUE;
    if (report_verbosity > 0)
    {
      report =
        '\n  Version source    : ' + banner +
        '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
        '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed + '\n';
      security_warning(port:port, proto:proto, extra:report);
    }
    else security_warning(port:port, proto:proto);
  }
  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 installs : \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 if (installs == 1) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "Asterisk " + not_vuln_installs[0]);
  else exit(0, "The Asterisk installs (" + join(not_vuln_installs, sep:", ") + ") are not affected.");
}

CVSS2

6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.032

Percentile

91.3%