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: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8828

DSA: 4148