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Debian DSA-1563-1 : asterisk - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32125

Synopsis

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

Description

Joel R. Voss discovered that the IAX2 module of Asterisk, a free software PBX and telephony toolkit performs insufficient validation of IAX2 protocol messages, which may lead to denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.13~dfsg-2etch4.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1563

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32125

File Name: debian_DSA-1563.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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: 4/30/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1897

BID: 28901

CWE: 287

DSA: 1563