Debian DSA-4148-1 : kamailio - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108570

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Alfred Farrugia and Sandro Gauci discovered an off-by-one heap overflow in the Kamailio SIP server which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the kamailio packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.0-2+deb8u3.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.4.4-2+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/kamailio

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/kamailio

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/kamailio

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4148

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108570

File Name: debian_DSA-4148.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2018

Updated: 12/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio, 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: 3/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8828

DSA: 4148