GLSA 201710-29: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:10/29/2017
Bugs: #629682, #629692, #633856
ID:201710-29

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which allows remote execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Background

A Modular Open Source PBX System.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-misc/asterisk < 11.25.3 >= 11.25.3 All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service condition, or cause an unauthorized data disclosure by enticing a user to run malicious code.

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-13.17.2"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201710-29.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.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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