Vulnerability · Published Mar 10, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2020-15260Existing TLS connections can be reused without checking remote hostname

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in pjproject from pjsip. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20pjproject2.11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-15260
Alpine:v3.21pjproject2.11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-15260
Alpine:v3.22pjproject2.11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-15260
Alpine:v3.23pjproject2.11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-15260
Alpine:v3.24pjproject2.11-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-15260
Debian:12ring20210112.2.b757bac~ds1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15260

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
pjsip pjproject <= 2.10

Weakness: CWE-297 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

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