USN-5932-1: Sofia-SIP vulnerabilities

7 March 2023

Several security issues were fixed in Sofia-SIP.

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Packages

  • sofia-sip - Sofia-SIP library development files

Details

It was discovered that Sofia-SIP incorrectly handled specially
crafted SDP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue
to cause applications using Sofia-SIP to crash, leading to
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-31001, CVE-2022-31002, CVE-2022-31003)

It was discovered that Sofia-SIP incorrectly handled specially
crafted UDP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue
to cause applications using Sofia-SIP to crash, leading to
a denial of service. (CVE-2022-47516)

Qiuhao Li discovered that Sofia-SIP incorrectly handled specially
crafted STUN packets. A remote attacker could use this issue
to cause applications using Sofia-SIP to crash, leading to
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-22741)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

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