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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-15 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: September 26, 2012 |
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Bugs: #425050, #433750 |
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ID: 201209-15 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of |
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which may allow execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-misc/asterisk < 1.8.15.1 >= 1.8.15.1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk: |
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* An error in manager.c allows shell access (CVE-2012-2186). |
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* An error in Asterisk could cause all RTP ports to be exhausted |
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(CVE-2012-3812). |
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* A double-free error could occur when two parties attempt to |
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manipulate the same voicemail account simultaneously (CVE-2012-3863). |
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* Asterisk does not properly implement certain ACL rules |
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(CVE-2012-4737). |
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Impact |
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A remote, authenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or |
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bypass outbound call restrictions. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-1.8.15.1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2186 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2186 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2012-3812 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3812 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2012-3863 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3863 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2012-4737 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4737 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-15.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |