Debian DSA-3964-1 : asterisk - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102931

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Asterisk, an open source PBX and telephony toolkit, which may result in disclosure of RTP connections or the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

For additional information please refer to the upstream advisories:
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-005.html, http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-006.html

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:11.13.1~dfsg-2+deb8u3.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:13.14.1~dfsg-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102931

File Name: debian_DSA-3964.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/5/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14099, CVE-2017-14100

DSA: 3964

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