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OpenSER Authentication Header Hijacking Security Issue Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA27204  
Release Date: 2007-10-15
Last Update: 2007-10-16

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Hijacking
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:OpenSER 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-5469 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
A security issue has been reported in OpenSER, which can be exploited by malicious people to hijack user sessions.

The security issue is caused due to the improper processing of SIP messages and can be exploited to make calls from a hijacked account by requesting a URI containing a sniffed authentication header.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.2.2 downloaded before 2007-10-04.

Solution:
Fixed in SVN repository.

Changelog:
2007-10-16: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-October/066581.html



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