Privilege escalation in coTURN - CVE-2018-4059
Published: February 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17343
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4059
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to the default configuration uses an empty password for the local command line administration interface. A remote attacker with access to the local console can escalate privileges to administrator of the coTURN server.
Affected software
coTURN
coturn (Debian package)
coturn (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4059
Update to version 4.5.1.0.
coTURN - update to 4.5.1.0
coturn (Debian package) - update to 4.5.0.5-1+deb9u1
coturn (Debian package) - update to 4.5.0.5-1+deb9u1