GLSA 201401-15: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/21/2014
Bugs:	#449828, #463622, #482776, #494630
ID:	201401-15

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/asterisk	< 11.7.0	>= 11.7.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Asterisk 11.* users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-11.7.0"

All Asterisk 1.8.* users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-1.8.25.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.