[Serusers] rtpproxy address filling

Stefan Sayer stefan.sayer at iptego.com
Tue Apr 1 21:08:48 CEST 2008


Hello,

I think this is an interesting question, but

Andres wrote:
> To answer my own question, I just set up a lab test to verify this.
> 
> After the session is up and the address has been 'pre-filled', if 
> rtpproxy receives a packet on the same UDP port as one of the call legs 
> but from a different IP, it changes the address to which it forwards the 
> stream.
> 
> It immediately jumped into my mind that this could be a security 
> vulnerability since a remote attacker could effectively bring down all 
> sessions on an rtpproxy just by doing a UDP scan.
...wouldn't they switch back to the correct addresses when the next RTP 
packet arrives, i.e. after 10/20/30 ms?

Stefan


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