[OpenSER-Users] How to avoid malicious BYE that update accounting "StopTime"?

Iñaki Baz Castillo ibc at in.ilimit.es
Fri Feb 8 17:17:08 CET 2008


Hi, I use radius accounting with MySQL backend and MediaProxy (to make fix 
accounting when there is no BYE).

Imagine this scenario:

- A calls B. This produces a "Start" acc action, so a SQL INSERT.

- After 1 minute A crashes (no BYE sent and RTP stop).

- After 20 secs with no RTP MediaProxy sends an "Update" action to radius 
server. This generates a SQL UPDATE that sets the StopTime. So finally the 
call duration is 80 secs (OK).

- But now imagine that user B sends a BYE after 2 hours using the same From&To 
tags and Call-ID. This is terrible!!!  OpenSer will notify a "Stop" action to 
radius server which will do a new SQL UPDATE query setting the StopTime to 
7201 secs !!!!

How to avoid it? how to avoid anyone sending a malicious BYE with From&To tags 
and Call-ID from any other already ended call?

-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo
ibc at in.ilimit.es




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