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GLSA-201406-25 : Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76227

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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-201406-25 (Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk. Please review the CVE identifiers below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker that gains access to a privileged Asterisk account can execute arbitrary system shell commands. Furthermore an unprivileged remote attacker could 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-11.10.2' All Asterisk 1.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/asterisk-1.8.28.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-25

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76227

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201406-25.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 6/26/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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: 6/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4046, CVE-2014-4047

BID: 68036, 68040

GLSA: 201406-25