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Gentoo GLSA 201401-15: Asterisk High Risk of Remote Code Execution

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Several security flaws in Gentoo Asterisk lead to the potential execution of arbitrary code, posing significant risks. Immediate updates are advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity software update remote code execution arbitrary code execution Asterisk

Resolution

All Asterisk 11.* users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-11.7.0"
All Asterisk 1.8.* users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-1.8.25.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-5976 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5976 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-5977 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5977 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-2264 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2264 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-2685 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2685 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-2686 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2686 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-5641 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5641 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-5642 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5642 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-7100 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7100

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-15
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 21, 2014
Bugs: #449828, #463622, #482776, #494630
ID: 201401-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity software update remote code execution arbitrary code execution Asterisk

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/asterisk < 11.7.0 *>= 1.8.25.0 >= 11.7.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.