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Debian DSA-1126-1 : asterisk - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22668

Synopsis

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

Description

A problem has been discovered in the IAX2 channel driver of Asterisk, an Open Source Private Branch Exchange and telephony toolkit, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a crash of the Asterisk server.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1126

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22668

File Name: debian_DSA-1126.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2898

BID: 18295

DSA: 1126