Bug#482997: asterisk: Remote Crash Vulnerability in SIP channel driver when run in pedantic mode (CVE-2008-2119)

Torgeir S. tsk at teamnett.no
Tue Jun 10 07:20:52 UTC 2008


On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 02:57:55PM +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> Torgeir S. wrote:
> > 2etch5 was tested today. Unfortunately, asterisk died with a segfault (both when
> > executed with /etc/init.d/asterisk and /usr/sbin/asterisk -vvvvv)
> > 
> > It looked like it had something to do with IAX, as it died right after
> > saying:
> >                                                                                                             
> > (snip)                                                                                                      
> >   == Registered channel type 'IAX2' (Inter Asterisk eXchange Driver (Ver 2))                                
> >   == IAX Ready and Listening
> > Segmentation fault
> >                                                                                                             
> > When I moved our iax.conf to iax.conf.OLD, asterisk didn't segfault and started normally:
> > 
> > Asterisk Ready.
> > 
> > It appears, after some commenting/uncommenting of config directives in
> > /etc/asterisk/iax.conf, that asterisk 2etch5 will segfault if >1 peer
> > has the same value in the host= directive.
> 
> I've tried to reproduce it with no success.
> Could you send me your iax.conf or one with sensitive settings stripped
> that reproduces the crash for you?
> 

The attached config will crash asterisk 2etch5 with the segmentation
fault described in the previous message. Note that the host directives
need to contain a valid host with iax2 listening. Both host directives
need to contain the same host.

The config file is the default config file found in
/usr/share/doc/asterisk/examples/ with the two peer accounts added to
the bottom.

asterisk-2etch5 will crash with this config when connected (host=) to a
default asterisk-2etch4

asterisk-2etch5 will crash with this config when connected (host=) to a
default asterisk-2etch5

> Thanks,
> Faidon

-- 
Hilsen / Regards

Teamnett AS
Torgeir Skjøtskift

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; Inter-Asterisk eXchange driver definition
;
; This configuration is re-read at reload
; or with the CLI command
; 	reload chan_iax2.so
;
; General settings, like port number to bind to, and
; an option address (the default is to bind to all
; local addresses).
;
[general]
;bindport=4569			; bindport and bindaddr may be specified
;                               ; NOTE: bindport must be specified BEFORE bindaddr
;                               ; or may be specified on a specific bindaddr if followed by
;                               ; colon and port (e.g. bindaddr=192.168.0.1:4569)
;bindaddr=192.168.0.1		; more than once to bind to multiple
;                               ; addresses, but the first will be the 
;                               ; default
;
; Set iaxcompat to yes if you plan to use layered switches or
; some other scenario which may cause some delay when doing a
; lookup in the dialplan. It incurs a small performance hit to
; enable it. This option causes Asterisk to spawn a separate thread
; when it receives an IAX DPREQ (Dialplan Request) instead of
; blocking while it waits for a response.
;
;iaxcompat=yes
;
; Disable UDP checksums (if nochecksums is set, then no checkums will
; be calculated/checked on systems supporting this feature)
;
;nochecksums=no
;
;
; For increased security against brute force password attacks
; enable "delayreject" which will delay the sending of authentication
; reject for REGREQ or AUTHREP if there is a password.  
;
;delayreject=yes
;
; You may specify a global default AMA flag for iaxtel calls.  It must be
; one of 'default', 'omit', 'billing', or 'documentation'.  These flags
; are used in the generation of call detail records.
;
;amaflags=default
;
; You may specify a default account for Call Detail Records in addition
; to specifying on a per-user basis
;
;accountcode=lss0101
;
; You may specify a global default language for users. 
; Can be specified also on a per-user basis
; If omitted, will fallback to english
;
;language=en
;
; Specify bandwidth of low, medium, or high to control which codecs are used
; in general.
;
bandwidth=low
;
; You can also fine tune codecs here using "allow" and "disallow" clauses
; with specific codecs.  Use "all" to represent all formats.
;
;allow=all			; same as bandwidth=high
;disallow=g723.1		; Hm...  Proprietary, don't use it...
disallow=lpc10			; Icky sound quality...  Mr. Roboto.
;allow=gsm			; Always allow GSM, it's cool :)
;

; You can adjust several parameters relating to the jitter buffer.
; The jitter buffer's function is to compensate for varying
; network delay.
;
; There are presently two jitterbuffer implementations available for Asterisk
; and chan_iax2; the classic and the new, channel/application independent
; implementation.  These are controlled at compile-time.  The new jitterbuffer
; additionally has support for PLC which greatly improves quality as the
; jitterbuffer adapts size, and in compensating for lost packets.
;
; All the jitter buffer settings except dropcount are in milliseconds.
; The jitter buffer works for INCOMING audio - the outbound audio
; will be dejittered by the jitter buffer at the other end.
;
; jitterbuffer=yes|no: global default as to whether you want
; the jitter buffer at all.
;
; forcejitterbuffer=yes|no: in the ideal world, when we bridge VoIP channels
; we don't want to do jitterbuffering on the switch, since the endpoints
; can each handle this.  However, some endpoints may have poor jitterbuffers 
; themselves, so this option will force * to always jitterbuffer, even in this
; case.
; [This option presently applies only to the new jitterbuffer implementation]
;
; dropcount: the jitter buffer is sized such that no more than "dropcount"
; frames would have been "too late" over the last 2 seconds.
; Set to a small number.  "3" represents 1.5% of frames dropped
; [This option is not applicable to, and ignored by the new jitterbuffer implementation]
;
; maxjitterbuffer: a maximum size for the jitter buffer.
; Setting a reasonable maximum here will prevent the call delay
; from rising to silly values in extreme situations; you'll hear
; SOMETHING, even though it will be jittery.
;
; resyncthreshold: when the jitterbuffer notices a significant change in delay
; that continues over a few frames, it will resync, assuming that the change in
; delay was caused by a timestamping mix-up. The threshold for noticing a
; change in delay is measured as twice the measured jitter plus this resync
; threshold.
; Resyncing can be disabled by setting this parameter to -1.
; [This option presently applies only to the new jitterbuffer implementation]
;
; maxjitterinterps: the maximum number of interpolation frames the jitterbuffer
; should return in a row. Since some clients do not send CNG/DTX frames to
; indicate silence, the jitterbuffer will assume silence has begun after
; returning this many interpolations. This prevents interpolating throughout
; a long silence.
; [This option presently applies only to the new jitterbuffer implementation]
;
; maxexcessbuffer: If conditions improve after a period of high jitter,
; the jitter buffer can end up bigger than necessary.  If it ends up
; more than "maxexcessbuffer" bigger than needed, Asterisk will start
; gradually decreasing the amount of jitter buffering.
; [This option is not applicable to, and ignored by the new jitterbuffer implementation]
;
; minexcessbuffer: Sets a desired mimimum amount of headroom in 
; the jitter buffer.  If Asterisk has less headroom than this, then
; it will start gradually increasing the amount of jitter buffering.
; [This option is not applicable to, and ignored by the new jitterbuffer implementation]
;
; jittershrinkrate: when the jitter buffer is being gradually shrunk 
; (or enlarged), how many millisecs shall we take off per 20ms frame
; received?  Use a small number, or you will be able to hear it
; changing.  An example: if you set this to 2, then the jitter buffer
; size will change by 100 millisecs per second.
; [This option is not applicable to, and ignored by the new jitterbuffer implementation]

jitterbuffer=no
forcejitterbuffer=no
;dropcount=2
;maxjitterbuffer=1000
;maxjitterinterps=10
;resyncthreshold=1000
;maxexcessbuffer=80
;minexcessbuffer=10
;jittershrinkrate=1

;trunkfreq=20			; How frequently to send trunk msgs (in ms)

; Should we send timestamps for the individual sub-frames within trunk frames?
; There is a small bandwidth use for these (less than 1kbps/call), but they
; ensure that frame timestamps get sent end-to-end properly.  If both ends of
; all your trunks go directly to TDM, _and_ your trunkfreq equals the frame
; length for your codecs, you can probably suppress these.  The receiver must
; also support this feature, although they do not also need to have it enabled.
;
; trunktimestamps=yes
;
; Minimum and maximum amounts of time that IAX peers can request as
; a registration expiration interval (in seconds).
; minregexpire = 60
; maxregexpire = 60
;
; We can register with another IAX server to let him know where we are
; in case we have a dynamic IP address for example
;
; Register with tormenta using username marko and password secretpass
;
;register => marko:secretpass at tormenta.linux-support.net
;
; Register joe at remote host with no password
;
;register => joe at remotehost:5656
;
; Register marko at tormenta.linux-support.net using RSA key "torkey"
;
;register => marko:[torkey]@tormenta.linux-support.net
;
; Sample Registration for iaxtel
;
; Visit http://www.iaxtel.com to register with iaxtel.  Replace "user"
; and "pass" with your username and password for iaxtel.  Incoming 
; calls arrive at the "s" extension of "default" context.
;
;register => user:pass at iaxtel.com
;
; Sample Registration for IAX + FWD
;
; To register using IAX with FWD, it must be enabled by visiting the URL
; http://www.fwdnet.net/index.php?section_id=112
;
; Note that you need an extension in you default context which matches
; your free world dialup number.  Please replace "FWDNumber" with your
; FWD number and "passwd" with your password.
;
;register => FWDNumber:passwd at iax.fwdnet.net
;
;
; You can disable authentication debugging to reduce the amount of 
; debugging traffic.
;
;authdebug=no
;
; Finally, you can set values for your TOS bits to help improve 
; performance.  Valid values are:
;   lowdelay		-- Minimize delay
;   throughput		-- Maximize throughput
;   reliability		-- Maximize reliability
;   mincost		-- Minimize cost
;   none		-- No flags
;
tos=lowdelay
;
; If mailboxdetail is set to "yes", the user receives
; the actual new/old message counts, not just a yes/no
; as to whether they have messages.  this can be set on
; a per-peer basis as well
;
;mailboxdetail=yes
;
; If regcontext is specified, Asterisk will dynamically create and destroy
; a NoOp priority 1 extension for a given peer who registers or unregisters
; with us.  The actual extension is the 'regexten' parameter of the registering
; peer or its name if 'regexten' is not provided.  More than one regexten
; may be supplied if they are separated by '&'.  Patterns may be used in
; regexten.
;
;regcontext=iaxregistrations
;
; If we don't get ACK to our NEW within 2000ms, and autokill is set to yes,
; then we cancel the whole thing (that's enough time for one retransmission
; only).  This is used to keep things from stalling for a long time for a host
; that is not available, but would be ill advised for bad connections.  In
; addition to 'yes' or 'no' you can also specify a number of milliseconds.
; See 'qualify' for individual peers to turn on for just a specific peer.
;
autokill=yes
;
; codecpriority controls the codec negotiation of an inbound IAX call.
; This option is inherited to all user entities.  It can also be defined 
; in each user entity separately which will override the setting in general.
;
; The valid values are:
;
; caller   - Consider the callers preferred order ahead of the host's.
; host     - Consider the host's preferred order ahead of the caller's.
; disabled - Disable the consideration of codec preference altogether.
;            (this is the original behaviour before preferences were added)
; reqonly  - Same as disabled, only do not consider capabilities if
;            the requested format is not available the call will only
;            be accepted if the requested format is available.
;
; The default value is 'host'
;
;codecpriority=host

;rtcachefriends=yes		; Cache realtime friends by adding them to the internal list
				; just like friends added from the config file only on a
				; as-needed basis? (yes|no)

;rtupdate=yes			; Send registry updates to database using realtime? (yes|no)
				; If set to yes, when a IAX2 peer registers successfully, the ip address,
				; the origination port, the registration period, and the username of
				; the peer will be set to database via realtime. If not present, defaults to 'yes'.

;rtautoclear=yes		; Auto-Expire friends created on the fly on the same schedule
				; as if it had just registered? (yes|no|<seconds>)
				; If set to yes, when the registration expires, the friend will vanish from
				; the configuration until requested again. If set to an integer,
				; friends expire within this number of seconds instead of the
				; registration interval.

;rtignoreexpire=yes		; When reading a peer from Realtime, if the peer's registration
				; has expired based on its registration interval, used the stored
				; address information regardless. (yes|no)

; Guest sections for unauthenticated connection attempts.  Just specify an
; empty secret, or provide no secret section.
;
[guest]
type=user
context=default
callerid="Guest IAX User"

;
; Trust Caller*ID Coming from iaxtel.com
;
[iaxtel]
type=user
context=default
auth=rsa
inkeys=iaxtel

;
; Trust Caller*ID Coming from iax.fwdnet.net
;
[iaxfwd]
type=user
context=default
auth=rsa
inkeys=freeworlddialup

;
; Trust callerid delivered over DUNDi/e164
;
;
;[dundi]
;type=user
;dbsecret=dundi/secret
;context=dundi-e164-local

;
; Further user sections may be added, specifying a context and a secret used
; for connections with that given authentication name.  Limited IP based
; access control is allowed by use of "allow" and "deny" keywords.  Multiple
; rules are permitted.  Multiple permitted contexts may be specified, in
; which case the first will be the default.  You can also override caller*ID
; so that when you receive a call you set the Caller*ID to be what you want
; instead of trusting what the remote user provides
;
; There are three authentication methods that are supported:  md5, plaintext,
; and rsa.  The least secure is "plaintext", which sends passwords cleartext
; across the net.  "md5" uses a challenge/response md5 sum arrangement, but
; still requires both ends have plain text access to the secret.  "rsa" allows
; unidirectional secret knowledge through public/private keys.  If "rsa"
; authentication is used, "inkeys" is a list of acceptable public keys on the 
; local system that can be used to authenticate the remote peer, separated by
; the ":" character.  "outkey" is a single, private key to use to authenticate
; to the other side.  Public keys are named /var/lib/asterisk/keys/<name>.pub
; while private keys are named /var/lib/asterisk/keys/<name>.key.  Private
; keys should always be 3DES encrypted.
;
;
; NOTE: All hostnames and IP addresses in this file are for example purposes
;       only; you should not expect any of them to actually be available for
;       your use.
;
;
;[markster]
;type=user
;context=default
;context=local
;auth=md5,plaintext,rsa
;secret=markpasswd
;setvar=foo=bar
;dbsecret=mysecrets/place	; Secrets can be stored in astdb, too
;notransfer=yes		; Disable IAX native transfer
;jitterbuffer=yes	; Override global setting an enable jitter buffer
;			; for this user
;maxauthreq=10		; Set maximum number of outstanding AUTHREQs waiting for replies. Any further authentication attempts will be blocked
;			; if this limit is reached until they expire or a reply is received.
;callerid="Mark Spencer" <(256) 428-6275>
;deny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
;accountcode=markster0101
;permit=209.16.236.73/255.255.255.0
;language=en		; Use english as default language
;
; Peers may also be specified, with a secret and
; a remote hostname.
;
[demo]
type=peer
username=asterisk
secret=supersecret
host=216.207.245.47
;sendani=no
;host=asterisk.linux-support.net
;port=5036
;mask=255.255.255.255
;qualify=yes			; Make sure this peer is alive
;qualifysmoothing = yes		; use an average of the last two PONG
				; results to reduce falsely detected LAGGED hosts
				; Default: Off
;qualifyfreqok = 60000		; how frequently to ping the peer when
				; everything seems to be ok, in milliseconds
;qualifyfreqnotok = 10000	; how frequently to ping the peer when it's
				; either LAGGED or UNAVAILABLE, in milliseconds
;jitterbuffer=no		; Turn off jitter buffer for this peer

;
; Peers can remotely register as well, so that they can be mobile.  Default
; IP's can also optionally be given but are not required.  Caller*ID can be
; suggested to the other side as well if it is for example a phone instead of
; another PBX.
;

;[dynamichost]
;host=dynamic
;secret=mysecret
;mailbox=1234		; Notify about mailbox 1234
;inkeys=key1:key2
;peercontext=local	; Default context to request for calls to peer
;defaultip=216.207.245.34
;callerid="Some Host" <(256) 428-6011>
;

;
;[biggateway]
;type=peer
;host=192.168.0.1
;context=*
;secret=myscret
;trunk=yes			; Use IAX2 trunking with this host
;timezone=America/New_York	; Set a timezone for the date/time IE
;

;
; Friends are a short cut for creating a user and
; a peer with the same values.
;
;[marko]
;type=friend
;host=dynamic
;regexten=1234
;secret=moofoo   ; Multiple secrets may be specified. For a "user", all
;secret=foomoo   ; specified entries will be accepted as valid. For a "peer",
;secret=shazbot  ; only the last specified secret will be used.
;context=default
;permit=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0

[Trunk-out-one]
host=test1
qualify=yes
secret=secret
trunk=yes
type=peer
username=one

[Trunk-out-two]
host=test1
qualify=yes
secret=secret
trunk=yes
type=peer
username=two




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