A remote overflow exists in SIPfoundry, Inc. siXtapi. The program fails to validate the length of the 'CSeq' field of an INVITE message resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted message, an attacker can run arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity.
Classification
Location:
Remote / Network Access
Attack Type:
Input Manipulation
Impact:
Loss of Integrity
Exploit:
Exploit Public,
Exploit Commercial
Technical
SIPfoundry, Inc. sipXtapi is not distributed as a versioned package. The versions released before March 24th, 2006 are vulnerable to this issue.
Solution
Upgrade to versions released on or after 2006-03-24, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.
This product uses the Daylife API but is not endorsed or certified by Daylife.
This section lists the latest news and blogs found via the daylife API (and for older items, the technorati API), which mention or otherwise discuss this vulnerability.