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Posted on 24 October 2011
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-21
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 24, 2011
Bugs: #352059, #355967, #359767, #364887, #372793, #373409, #387453
ID: 201110-21

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Asterisk might allow unauthenticated remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
==========
Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/asterisk < 1.8.7.1 >= 1.8.7.1
*>= 1.6.2.18.2

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

Impact
======
An unauthenticated remote attacker may execute code with the privileges
of the Asterisk process or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All asterisk 1.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-1.6.2.18.2"

All asterisk 1.8.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-1.8.7.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1147
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1147
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-1174
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1174
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-1175
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1175
[ 4 ] CVE-2011-1507
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1507
[ 5 ] CVE-2011-1599
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1599
[ 6 ] CVE-2011-2529
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2529
[ 7 ] CVE-2011-2535
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2535
[ 8 ] CVE-2011-2536
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2536
[ 9 ] CVE-2011-2665
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2665
[ 10 ] CVE-2011-2666
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2666
[ 11 ] CVE-2011-4063
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4063

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-21.xml

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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