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GLSA-201202-06 : Asterisk: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58102

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201202-06 (Asterisk: Denial of Service)

 A vulnerability has been found in Asterisk's handling of certain encrypted streams where the res_srtp module has been loaded but video support has not been enabled.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SDP message to the Asterisk daemon, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/asterisk-1.8.8.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201202-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58102

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201202-06.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 2/23/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:gentoo:linux:asterisk, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0885

BID: 51581

GLSA: 201202-06