[asterisk-users] AST-2018-007: Infinite loop when reading iostreams

[Asterisk Security Team]

               Asterisk Project Security Advisory - AST-2018-007

         Product        Asterisk                                              
         Summary        Infinite loop when reading iostreams                  
    Nature of Advisory  Denial of Service                                     
      Susceptibility    Remote Authenticated Sessions                         
         Severity       Critical                                              
      Exploits Known    No                                                    
       Reported On      April 16, 2018                                        
       Reported By      Sean Bright                                           
        Posted On       June 11, 2018                                         
     Last Updated On    June 11, 2018                                         
     Advisory Contact   Kevin Harwell <kharwell AT digium DOT com>            
         CVE Name       

    Description  When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS if the client         
                 abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message   
                 then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying   
                 to read the data stream. Thus rendering the system as        
                 unusable.                                                    

    Resolution  Stricter error checking is now done when iostreams            
                encounters a problem. When an error occurs during reading it  
                is now properly handled, and continued reading is             
                appropriately stopped.                                        

                               Affected Versions       
                         Product                       Release  
                                                       Series   
                  Asterisk Open Source                  15.x    All Releases  

                                  Corrected In         
                         Product                              Release         
                  Asterisk Open Source                        15.4.1          

                                    Patches                          
                                SVN URL                              Revision 
   http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-007-15.diff   Asterisk 
                                                                     15       

    Links  https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27807             

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                                Revision History
         Date          Editor                   Revisions Made                
    April 25, 2018  Kevin Harwell  Initial Revision                           

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