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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Kamailio vulnerabilities (USN-7416-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 233954

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7416-1 advisory.

 Stelios Tsampas discovered that Kamailio did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2385)

 Henning Westerholt discovered that Kamailio did not correctly handle duplicated headers, which could lead to a segmentation fault. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14767)

 It was discovered that Kamailio did not correctly handle parsing certain headers containing whitespace characters. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to unauthorized resources and expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28361)

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-7416-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 233954

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7416-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/7/2025

Updated: 4/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2016-2385

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-2018-14767

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-ldap-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-rabbitmq-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-outbound-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-lua-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-postgres-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-python3-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-carrierroute-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-purple-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-systemd-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-perl-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-xmpp-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-autheph-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-geoip-modules, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-sqlite-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-ruby-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-utils-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-tls-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-kazoo-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-snmpstats-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-mysql-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-radius-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-json-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-cpl-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-erlang-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-memcached-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-berkeley-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-unixodbc-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-xml-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-mono-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-python-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-presence-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-dnssec-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-cnxcc-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-geoip2-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-java-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-redis-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-websocket-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-mongodb-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-berkeley-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-phonenum-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-sctp-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-extra-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kamailio-ims-modules

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: 4/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2385, CVE-2018-14767, CVE-2020-28361

USN: 7416-1