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FreeBSD : asterisk -- Remote crash vulnerability DNS SRV and NAPTR lookups (c6fb2734-e835-11e8-b14b-001999f8d30b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118961

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The Asterisk project reports :

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in dns_srv and dns_naptr functions of Asterisk that allows an attacker to crash Asterisk via a specially crafted DNS SRV or NAPTR response. The attackers request causes Asterisk to segfault and crash.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-010.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?5225384b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118961

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c6fb2734e83511e8b14b001999f8d30b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/15/2018

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:asterisk15, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:asterisk16, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018