openSUSE 10 Security Update : asterisk (asterisk-2272)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27156

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes 2 security problem in the PBX software Asterisk.

CVE-2006-5444: Integer overflow in the get_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan_skinny.c) as used by Cisco SCCP phones, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain dlen value that passes a signed integer comparison and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE-2006-5445: A vulnerability in the SIP channel driver (channels/chan_sip.c) in Asterisk on SUSE Linux 10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors that result in the creation of 'a real pvt structure' that uses more resources than necessary.

Solution

Update the affected asterisk package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27156

File Name: suse_asterisk-2272.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:asterisk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5444, CVE-2006-5445

Detections

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