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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201411-10
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Severity: Normal
Title: Asterisk: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: November 23, 2014
Bugs: #523216, #526208
ID: 201411-10
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of
which could lead to Denial of Service.
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 < 11.13.1 >= 11.13.1
Description
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Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to cause a man in
the middle attack or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-11.13.1"
References
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[ 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
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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-201411-10.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
