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CVE-2018-16657 (GCVE-0-2018-16657)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-07 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32
VLAI
Summary
In Kamailio before 5.0.7 and 5.1.x before 5.1.4, a crafted SIP message with an invalid Via header causes a segmentation fault and crashes Kamailio. The reason is missing input validation in the crcitt_string_array core function for calculating a CRC hash for To tags. (An additional error is present in the check_via_address core function: this function also misses input validation.) This could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4292 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://skalatan.de/blog/advisory-hw-2018-06 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2018-09-07 00:00
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