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CVE-2023-51443

FreeSWITCH susceptible to Denial of Service via DTLS Hello packets during call initiation

Severity Score

5.9
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. Prior to version 1.10.11, when handling DTLS-SRTP for media setup, FreeSWITCH is susceptible to Denial of Service due to a race condition in the hello handshake phase of the DTLS protocol. This attack can be done continuously, thus denying new DTLS-SRTP encrypted calls during the attack. If an attacker manages to send a ClientHello DTLS message with an invalid CipherSuite (such as `TLS_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL`) to the port on the FreeSWITCH server that is expecting packets from the caller, a DTLS error is generated. This results in the media session being torn down, which is followed by teardown at signaling (SIP) level too. Abuse of this vulnerability may lead to a massive Denial of Service on vulnerable FreeSWITCH servers for calls that rely on DTLS-SRTP. To address this vulnerability, upgrade FreeSWITCH to 1.10.11 which includes the security fix. The solution implemented is to drop all packets from addresses that have not been validated by an ICE check.

FreeSWITCH es un Software Defined Telecom Stack que permite la transformación digital de conmutadores de telecomunicaciones propietarios a una implementación de software que se ejecuta en cualquier hardware básico. Antes de la versión 1.10.11, cuando se maneja DTLS-SRTP para la configuración de medios, FreeSWITCH es susceptible a una denegación de servicio debido a una condición de ejecución en la fase de handshake del protocolo DTLS. Este ataque se puede realizar de forma continua, negando así nuevas llamadas cifradas DTLS-SRTP durante el ataque. Si un atacante logra enviar un mensaje DTLS ClientHello con un CipherSuite no válido (como `TLS_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL`) al puerto en el servidor FreeSWITCH que espera paquetes de la persona que llama, se genera un error DTLS. Esto da como resultado la cancelación de la sesión de medios, a la que sigue también la cancelación a nivel de señalización (SIP). El abuso de esta vulnerabilidad puede provocar una denegación de servicio masiva en servidores FreeSWITCH vulnerables para llamadas que dependen de DTLS-SRTP. Para abordar esta vulnerabilidad, actualice FreeSWITCH a 1.10.11, que incluye la solución de seguridad. La solución implementada es descartar todos los paquetes de direcciones que no hayan sido validadas por una verificación ICE.

When handling DTLS-SRTP for media setup, FreeSWITCH version 1.10.10 is susceptible to denial of service due to a race condition in the hello handshake phase of the DTLS protocol. This attack can be done continuously, thus denying new DTLS-SRTP encrypted calls during the attack.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-12-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-12-26 CVE Published
  • 2024-02-02 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-27 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-27 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-703: Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Freeswitch
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Freeswitch
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< 1.10.11
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Affected