GLSA-201405-05 : Asterisk: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 73861

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-201405-05 (Asterisk: Denial of Service)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk. Please review the CVE identifiers and Asterisk Project Security Advisories referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Asterisk 11.* users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/asterisk-11.8.1' All Asterisk 1.8.* users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/asterisk-1.8.26.1'

See Also

https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2014-001.pdf

https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2014-002.pdf

https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2014-003.pdf

https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2014-004.pdf

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73861

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201405-05.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 5/5/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 5/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2286, CVE-2014-2287, CVE-2014-2288, CVE-2014-2289

BID: 66093, 66094, 66096, 66104

GLSA: 201405-05