Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Sofia-SIP vulnerabilities (USN-5932-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 172241

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5932-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Sofia-SIP incorrectly handled specially crafted SDP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using Sofia-SIP to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-31001, CVE-2022-31002, CVE-2022-31003)

It was discovered that Sofia-SIP incorrectly handled specially crafted UDP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using Sofia-SIP to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-47516)

Qiuhao Li discovered that Sofia-SIP incorrectly handled specially crafted STUN packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using Sofia-SIP to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-22741)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5932-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 172241

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5932-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31003

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22741

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsofia-sip-ua-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sofia-sip-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsofia-sip-ua-glib3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsofia-sip-ua-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsofia-sip-ua0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31001, CVE-2022-31002, CVE-2022-31003, CVE-2022-47516, CVE-2023-22741

USN: 5932-1