eStara SDP format string
| estara-sdp-format-string (24678) |  Low Risk |
Description:
eStara Softphone is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by a format string vulnerability when handling Session Description Protocol (SDP) messages. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by embedding malicious format strings in a SDP message to cause the victim's Softphone client to become unresponsive.
Platforms Affected:
- eStara, eStara Softphone
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Feb 13 2006 - 20:42:46 CST, eStara SIP softphone several message-processing vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0193.html.
- eStara Web site, eStara: SoftPhone at http://www.estara.com/softphone/.
- BID-16629: eStara Softphone Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0738: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in eStara SIP softphone allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via SIP INVITE requests with format string specifiers in the SDP session description, as demonstrated using (1) the field name, (2) the o field (owner/creator and session identifier), or (3) the m field (media name and transport address).
- SA18872: eStara SoftPhone SIP Packet Handling Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0607: eStara SoftPhone SIP Buffer Overflow and Format String Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Feb 13, 2006
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