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Gentoo Asterisk GLSA-201412-51 Normal Severity Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey December 28, 2014
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Numerous security flaws in Asterisk may result in Denial of Service attacks or elevated privileges; advisory GLSA 201412-51.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service, bypass intended ACL restrictions or allow an authenticated user to gain es...

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 privilege escalation Denial of Service Asterisk normal severity

Resolution

All asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-11.14.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8412 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8412 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-8414 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8414 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-8417 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8417 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-8418 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8418 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-9374 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9374

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-51
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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: December 28, 2014
Bugs: #530056, #532242
ID: 201412-51

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo privilege escalation Denial of Service Asterisk normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service, bypass intended ACL restrictions or allow an authenticated user to gain escalated privileges.

Background

Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/asterisk < 11.14.2 >= 11.14.2

Impact

===== Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause Denial of Service or bypass intended ACL restrictions. Authenticated remote attackers can gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.