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Debian DSA-3700-1 : asterisk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94259

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk, an open source PBX and telephony toolkit, which may result in denial of service or incorrect certificate validation.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:11.13.1~dfsg-2+deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/asterisk

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3700

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94259

File Name: debian_DSA-3700.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3008, CVE-2016-2232, CVE-2016-2316, CVE-2016-7551

DSA: 3700