# CVE-2023-28098: OpenSIPS has vulnerability in the Digest Authentication Parser

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.7, 3.2.4
- Published: 2023-03-15 · Updated: 2025-02-25

## Affected

- opensips: fixed in 3.1.7; from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.4

## Description

OpenSIPS is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server implementation. Prior to versions 3.1.7 and 3.2.4, a specially crafted Authorization header causes OpenSIPS to crash or behave in an unexpected way due to a bug in the function `parse_param_name()` . This issue was discovered while performing coverage guided fuzzing of the function parse_msg. The AddressSanitizer identified that the issue occurred in the function `q_memchr()` which is being called by the function `parse_param_name()`. This issue may cause erratic program behaviour or a server crash. It affects configurations containing functions that make use of the affected code, such as the function `www_authorize()` . Versions 3.1.7 and 3.2.4 contain a fix.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on opensips, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.7, 3.2.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OpenSIPS/opensips/security/advisories/GHSA-jrqg-vppj-hr2h
- https://github.com/OpenSIPS/opensips/commit/dd9141b6f67d7df4072f3430f628d4b73df5e102
- https://opensips.org/pub/audit-2022/opensips-audit-technical-report-full.pdf

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