AST-2007-027 - Database matching order permits host-based authentication to be ignored
Asterisk Project Security Advisory - AST-2007-027
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| Product | Asterisk |
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| Summary | Database matching order permits host-based |
| | authentication to be ignored |
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| Nature of Advisory | Logic error |
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| Susceptibility | Remote Unauthenticated Sessions |
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| Severity | Moderate |
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| Exploits Known | No |
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| Reported On | October 30, 2007 |
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| Reported By | Tilghman Lesher <tlesher AT digium DOT com> |
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| Posted On | December 18, 2007 |
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| Last Updated On | December 18, 2007 |
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| Advisory Contact | Tilghman Lesher <tlesher AT digium DOT com> |
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| CVE Name | CVE-2007-6430 |
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| Description | Due to the way database-based registrations ("realtime") |
| | are processed, IP addresses are not checked when the |
| | username is correct and there is no password. An |
| | attacker may impersonate any user using host-based |
| | authentication without a secret, simply by guessing the |
| | username of that user. This is limited in scope to |
| | administrators who have set up the registration database |
| | ("realtime") for authentication and are using only |
| | host-based authentication, not passwords. However, both |
| | the SIP and IAX protocols are affected. |
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| Resolution | As a workaround, administrators may set a password for |
| | all users and peers in their registration "realtime" |
| | database. A fix is included in the newest release of |
| | Asterisk, as provided below. |
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| Affected Versions |
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| Product | Release | |
| | Series | |
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| Asterisk Open Source | 1.0.x | Not affected |
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| Asterisk Open Source | 1.2.x | All versions prior to |
| | | 1.2.26 |
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| Asterisk Open Source | 1.4.x | All versions prior to |
| | | 1.4.16 |
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| Asterisk Business Edition | A.x.x | Not affected |
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| Asterisk Business Edition | B.x.x | All versions prior to |
| | | B.2.3.6 |
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| Asterisk Business Edition | C.x.x | All versions prior to |
| | | C.1.0-beta8 |
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| AsteriskNOW | pre-release | Not affected |
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| Asterisk Appliance | 0.x.x | Not affected |
| Developer Kit | | |
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| s800i (Asterisk Appliance) | 1.0.x | Not affected |
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| Corrected In |
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| Product | Release |
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| Asterisk Open Source | 1.2.26 |
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| Asterisk Open Source | 1.4.16 |
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| Asterisk Business Edition | B.2.3.6 |
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| Asterisk Business Edition | C.1.0-beta8 |
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| Links | |
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| Asterisk Project Security Advisories are posted at |
| http://www.asterisk.org/security |
| |
| This document may be superseded by later versions; if so, the latest |
| version will be posted at |
| http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2007-027.pdf and |
| http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2007-027.html |
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| Revision History |
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| Date | Editor | Revisions Made |
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| 2007-12-18 | Tilghman Lesher | Initial Release |
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Asterisk Project Security Advisory - AST-2007-027
Copyright (c) 2007 Digium, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Permission is hereby granted to distribute and publish this advisory in its
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