Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6448-1 Critical: Sofia-SIP Denial Of Service Risk

ubuntu

October 24, 2023

Sofia-SIP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Sofia-SIP could be made to crash or run programs if it received

specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- sofia-sip: Sofia-SIP library development files

Details:

Xu Biang discovered that Sofia-SIP did not properly manage memory when

handling STUN packets. An attacker could use this issue to cause

Sofia-SIP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute

arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu sofia-sip

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10:
   libsofia-sip-ua-glib3           1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-4ubuntu1.23.10.1
   libsofia-sip-ua0                1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-4ubuntu1.23.10.1
   sofia-sip-bin                   1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-4ubuntu1.23.10.1

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libsofia-sip-ua-glib3           1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-4ubuntu1.23.04.1
   libsofia-sip-ua0                1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-4ubuntu1.23.04.1
   sofia-sip-bin                   1.12.11+20110422.1+1e14eea~dfsg-4ubuntu1.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libsofia-sip-ua-glib3           1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.22.04.2
   libsofia-sip-ua0                1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.22.04.2
   sofia-sip-bin                   1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libsofia-sip-ua-glib3           1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.20.04.2
   libsofia-sip-ua0                1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.20.04.2
   sofia-sip-bin                   1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libsofia-sip-ua-glib3           1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
   libsofia-sip-ua0                1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
   sofia-sip-bin                   1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libsofia-sip-ua-glib3           1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2
   libsofia-sip-ua0                1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2
   sofia-sip-bin                   1.12.11+20110422.1-2.1+deb10u3ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.