[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-51 ] Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-51 ] Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201412-51
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                                            http://security.gentoo.org/
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 28, 2014
     Bugs: #530056, #532242
       ID: 201412-51

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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.

Affected packages
=================

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

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

Impact
======

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-11.14.2"

References
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[ 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
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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-201412-51.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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