Asterisk Authentication SIP Response Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:34353

Info

Asterisk Authentication SIP Response Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34353
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-3903
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 02 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 15 2009 05:24PM
Credit: Kerin Millar and Fergal Glynn
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Asterisk s800i Appliance 1.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.3 .2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.1.2.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.8.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.6.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.6.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.6
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.10.4
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.10.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.0-beta8
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.0-beta7
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.6
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.4
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.6
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.4
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.3.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.2.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.2.1
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.2.0
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.2.0
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.1.3.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.1.3.2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition A
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.1 0-rc2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.1 0-rc1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6 beta6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6 6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.24
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.23 .2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.23 .1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.23
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.22
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.19 .1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.19 -rc3
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.19
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.18
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.17
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.16
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.15
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.14
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.13
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.12
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.11
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.10
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.9
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.8
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.7
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.5
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.4
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.3
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.31
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.30
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.29
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.28
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.27
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.27
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.26
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.25
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.24
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.23
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.22
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.21
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.19
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.18
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.17
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.16
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.15
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.14
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.13
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.11
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.11
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.10
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.9
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.8
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.7
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.5
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2 .0-beta2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2 .0-beta1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6.0.3
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.22.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.21.2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.21.2
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.18.1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4 revision 95946
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4 Beta
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.30.4
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.30.3
Asterisk Asterisk 0
Not Vulnerable: Asterisk s800i Appliance 1.3 .2
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.2.3.3
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition C.1.10.5
Asterisk Asterisk Business Edition B.2.5.8
Asterisk Asterisk 1.6 .8
Asterisk Asterisk 1.4.24 .1
Asterisk Asterisk 1.2.32

Discussion

Asterisk Authentication SIP Response Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Asterisk is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability because it doesn't provide safe responses to failed authentication attempts.

Attackers can exploit this issue to discover whether specific usernames exist. Information harvested may aid in launching further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Asterisk Authentication SIP Response Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can use readily available utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Asterisk Authentication SIP Response Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for more information.


Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 5.0 alpha

Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel

Debian Linux 5.0 armel

Debian Linux 5.0

Debian Linux 5.0 mips

Debian Linux 5.0 sparc

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 5.0 s/390

References

Asterisk Authentication SIP Response Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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