Debian: DSA-2605-3 Urgent: Asterisk Vulnerability Mitigation Update
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January 19, 2013
The security update released in DSA 2605 for Asterisk, caused a regression that could lead to crashes
Summary
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Asterisk, a PBX and telephony
toolkit, that allow remote attackers to perform denial of service
attacks.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze10.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid),
these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your asterisk packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: asterisk
CVE ID: CVE-2012-5976 CVE-2012-5977
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