The Sanity Module - SIP syntax checking

Nils Ohlmeier

iptelorg GmbH

Table of Contents

1. Admin Guide
1. Overview
2. Dependencies
3. Parameters
3.1. default_checks (integer)
3.2. uri_checks (integer)
3.3. proxy_require (string)
3.4. autodrop (integer)
4. Functions
4.1. sanity_check([msg_checks [, uri_checks]])

List of Examples

1.1. Set default_checks parameter
1.2. Set uri_checks parameter
1.3. Set proxy_require parameter
1.4. Set autodrop parameter
1.5. sanity_check usage
1.6. sanity_check usage with parameter
1.7. sanity_check usage with two parameters

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

1. Overview

This module aims to implement several sanity checks on incoming requests which are suggested or even required by a RFC, but are not available yet in the core of Kamailio.

These checks are not required by Kamailio itself for its functionality. But on the other side it makes not much sence if a broken request traverses through a SIP network if it is rejected sooner or later by a SIP device any way. As every sanity check cost extra performance because of additional parsing and evaluation it is with this module now up to the Kamailio adminstrator which checks should be done on which request.

The following checks are available:

  • ruri sip version - (1) - checks if the SIP version in the request URI is supported, currently only 2.0.

  • ruri scheme - (2) - checks if the URI scheme of the request URI is supported (sip[s]|tel[s]) by Kamailio

  • required headers - (4) -checks if the minimum set of required headers to, from, cseq, callid and via is present in the request.

  • via sip version - (8) - not working because parser fails already when another version then 2.0 is present.

  • via protocol - (16) - not working because parser fails already if an unsupported transport is present.

  • cseq method - (32) - checks if the method from the cseq header is equal to the request method.

  • cseq value - (64) - checks if the number in the cseq header is a valid unsigend integer.

  • content length - (128) - checks if the size of the body matches with the value from the content length header.

  • expires value - (256) - checks if the value of the expires header is a valid unsigned integer.

  • proxy require - (512) - checks if all items of the proxy require header are present in the list of the extensions from the module parameter proxy_require.

  • parse uri's - (1024) - checks if the specified URIs are present and parseable by the Kamailio parsers

  • digest credentials (2048) Check all instances of digest credentials in a message. The test checks whether there are all required digest parameters and have meaningful values.

2. Dependencies

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

  • sl - Stateless replies.

3. Parameters

3.1. default_checks (integer)

This parameter determines which of the checks from the sanity module are executed if no parameter was given to the sanity_check function call. By default all implemented checks are included in the execution of the sanity_check function. The integer value is the sum of the check numbers which should be executed by default.

Default value is 999. This resolves to the following list of checks: ruri_sip_version (1), ruri_scheme (2), required_headers (4), cseq_method (32), cseq_value (64), cotent_length (128), expires_value (256), proxy_require (512).

Example 1.1. Set default_checks parameter

...
modparam("sanity", "default_checks", 1)
...

3.2. uri_checks (integer)

This parameter determines which URIs are going to be checked if the 'parse uri' will be executed.

Default value is 7. This resolves to the following list of parsed URIs: Request RUI (1), From URI (2) and To URI (4).

Example 1.2. Set uri_checks parameter

...
modparam("sanity", "uri_checks", 3)
...

3.3. proxy_require (string)

This parameter sets the list of supported extensions for this Kamailio. The value is expected as a comma separated list of extensions. This list is separated into single tokens. Each token from a proxy require header will be compared to the tokens from this list.

Example 1.3. Set proxy_require parameter

...
modparam("sanity", "proxy_require", "foo, bar")
...

3.4. autodrop (integer)

This parameter controls whether the module drops automatically or not the SIP message if the sanity checks fail. Default value is 1 (auto drop). If set to 0, sanity_check() function will return -1 (false) to configuration file, allowing to write log messages for example - be sure you exit execution of config without sending a SIP reply because it is sent by module itself.

Example 1.4. Set autodrop parameter

...
modparam("sanity", "autodrop", 1)
...

4. Functions

4.1.  sanity_check([msg_checks [, uri_checks]])

This function makes a row of sanity checks over the given SIP request. The behavior of the function is also controlled by 'autodrop' parameter. If autodrop=0, the function returns false (-1) if one of the checks failed. When autodrop=1, the function stops the execution of configuration file. In both cases, if one of the checks fails the module sends a precise error reply via SL send_reply(). Thus there is no need to reply with a generic error message.

Example 1.5. sanity_check usage

...
if (!sanity_check()) {
	exit;
}
...

Optionally the function takes an integer argument which overwrites the global module parameter default_checks. This allows to make certain test from script regions. The integer value is again the sum of the checks (like for the module parameter) which should be executed at this function call.

Example 1.6. sanity_check usage with parameter

...
if (method=="REGISTER" && !sanity_check("256")) {
	/* the register contains an invalid expires value and is replied with a 400 */
	exit;
}
...

Optionally the function takes a second integer argument which overwrites the global module parameter uri_checks and thus determines which URIs will be checked if the parse uri test will be executed.

Example 1.7. sanity_check usage with two parameters

...
if (method=="INVITE" && !sanity_check("1024", "6")) {
	/* the INVITE contains an invalid From or To header and is replied with a 400 */
	exit;
}
...