Existing TLS connections can be reused without checking remote hostname (pjsip pjproject)

CVE-2020-15260
MEDIUM 6.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.99 % · percentile 62 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Modified

Description

PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C language implementing standard based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE. In version 2.10 and earlier, PJSIP transport can be reused if they have the same IP address + port + protocol. However, this is insufficient for secure transport since it lacks remote hostname authentication. Suppose we have created a TLS connection to `sip.foo.com`, which has an IP address `100.1.1.1`. If we want to create a TLS connection to another hostname, say `sip.bar.com`, which has the same IP address, then it will reuse that existing connection, even though `100.1.1.1` does not have certificate to authenticate as `sip.bar.com`. The vulnerability allows for an insecure interaction without user awareness. It affects users who need access to connections to different destinations that translate to the same address, and allows man-in-the-middle attack if attacker can route a connection to another destination such as in the case of DNS spoofing.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-297 — Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
  • CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
pjsip · pjprojectaffected <= 2.10

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD