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High · 7.2 CVE-2020-26262 EUVD-2020-18850

Loopback bypass in Coturn

Published Jan 13, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Coturn is free open source implementation of TURN and STUN Server. Coturn before version 4.5.2 by default does not allow peers to connect and relay packets to loopback addresses in the range of `127.x.x.x`. However, it was observed that when sending a `CONNECT` request with the `XOR-PEER-ADDRESS` value of `0.0.0.0`, a successful response was received and subsequently, `CONNECTIONBIND` also received a successful response. Coturn then is able to relay packets to the loopback interface. Additionally, when coturn is listening on IPv6, which is default, the loopback interface can also be reached by making use of either `[::1]` or `[::]` as the peer address. By using the address `0.0.0.0` as the peer address, a malicious user will be able to relay packets to the loopback interface, unless `--denied-peer-ip=0.0.0.0` (or similar) has been specified. Since the default configuration implies that loopback peers are not allowed, coturn administrators may choose to not set the `denied-peer-ip` setting. The issue patched in version 4.5.2. As a workaround the addresses in the address block `0.0.0.0/8`, `[::1]` and `[::]` should be denied by default unless `--allow-loopback-peers` has been specified.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
coturn coturn < 4.5.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 coturn 4.5.2-1 —
Debian 13 coturn 4.5.2-1 —
Debian 12 coturn 4.5.2-1 —
Debian 10 coturn 4.5.1.1-1.1+deb10u2 DSA-4829-1
Debian 9 coturn 4.5.0.5-1+deb9u3 DLA-2522-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS coturn 4.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.2 USN-4690-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS coturn 4.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 USN-4690-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS coturn 4.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.4 USN-4690-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed coturn 4.5.2-2.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10696-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 coturn 4.5.2-r0 —

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