Debian DSA-4076-1 : asterisk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 105498

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk, an open source PBX and telephony toolkit, which may result in denial of service, information disclosure and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:11.13.1~dfsg-2+deb8u5.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:13.14.1~dfsg-2+deb9u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105498

File Name: debian_DSA-4076.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2018

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16671, CVE-2017-16672, CVE-2017-17090, CVE-2017-17664

DSA: 4076

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