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FreeBSD : asterisk -- denial of service vulnerability, local system access (8b683bea-d49c-11da-a672-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21468

Synopsis

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

Description

Emmanouel Kellenis reports a denial of service vulnerability within asterisk. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in 'format_jpeg.c'. A large JPEG image could trigger this bug, potentially allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?91cac603

http://www.nessus.org/u?283717b3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21468

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8b683bead49c11daa672000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:asterisk, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1827

BID: 17561