Debian DSA-2605-2 : asterisk - several issues

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63511

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Asterisk, a PBX and telephony toolkit, that allow remote attackers to perform denial of service attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze10.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63511

File Name: debian_DSA-2605.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5976, CVE-2012-5977

BID: 57105, 57106

DSA: 2605

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