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Gentoo: GLSA 201411-10 Normal: Denial of Service In Asterisk

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Security flaws in Asterisk could result in service interruptions. Gentoo users advised to update.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service network service Asterisk multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Resolution

All Asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-11.13.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3566 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3566 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-6610 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6610

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-10
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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: Normal
Title: Asterisk: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: November 23, 2014
Bugs: #523216, #526208
ID: 201411-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service network service Asterisk multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.

Background

Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/asterisk < 11.13.1 >= 11.13.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to cause a man in the middle attack or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.