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Posted on 21 January 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-15
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 21, 2014
Bugs: #449828, #463622, #482776, #494630
ID: 201401-15

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

Background
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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 < 11.7.0 *>= 1.8.25.0
>= 11.7.0

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

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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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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
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[ 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
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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-201401-15.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 2014 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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