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Debian DSA-1525-1 : asterisk - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 31631

Synopsis

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

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk, a free software PBX and telephony toolkit. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CVE-2007-6430 Tilghman Lesher discovered that database-based registrations are insufficiently validated. This only affects setups, which are configured to run without a password and only host-based authentication.

 - CVE-2008-1332 Jason Parker discovered that insufficient validation of From: headers inside the SIP channel driver may lead to authentication bypass and the potential external initiation of calls.

 - CVE-2008-1333 This update also fixes a format string vulnerability, which can only be triggered through configuration files under control of the local administrator. In later releases of Asterisk this issue is remotely exploitable and tracked as CVE-2008-1333.

The status of the old stable distribution (sarge) is currently being investigated. If affected, an update will be released through security.debian.org.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.2.13~dfsg-2etch3.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6430

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1332

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1333

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1525

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31631

File Name: debian_DSA-1525.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6430, CVE-2008-1332, CVE-2008-1333

CWE: 134, 264, 287

DSA: 1525