GLSA 201412-51: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/28/2014
Bugs:	#530056, #532242
ID:	201412-51

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service, bypass intended ACL restrictions or allow an authenticated user to gain escalated privileges.

Background

Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/asterisk	< 11.14.2	>= 11.14.2	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause Denial of Service or bypass intended ACL restrictions. Authenticated remote attackers can gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-11.14.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-51.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.