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Debian dla-3438 : kamailio - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 176485

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3438 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3438-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Chris Lamb May 30, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : kamailio Version : 5.2.1-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2020-27507

 It was discovered that there was a potential denial-of-service (DoS) attack in the Kamailio SIP telephony server. This was caused by the Kamailio server mishandling INVITE requests with duplicated fields.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.1-1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your kamailio packages.

 For the detailed security status of kamailio please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/kamailio

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the kamailio packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27507

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 176485

File Name: debian_DLA-3438.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27507

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-radius-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-mysql-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-websocket-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-json-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-postgres-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-systemd-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-sctp-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-xml-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-autheph-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-redis-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-ruby-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-sqlite-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-erlang-modules, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-geoip-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-phonenum-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-snmpstats-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-geoip2-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-cpl-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-presence-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-extra-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-mono-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-tls-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-unixodbc-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-python3-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-berkeley-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-ldap-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-cnxcc-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-berkeley-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-perl-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-outbound-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-kazoo-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-memcached-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-lua-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-python-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-mongodb-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-rabbitmq-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-xmpp-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-ims-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kamailio-utils-modules

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27507