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Debian DSA-2749-1 : asterisk - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 69542
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Colin Cuthbertson and Walter Doekes discovered two vulnerabilities in the SIP processing code of Asterisk - an open source PBX and telephony toolkit -, which could result in denial of service.Solution
Upgrade the asterisk packages.For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze11.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.13.1~dfsg-3+deb7u1.
See Also
https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/asterisk
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 69542
File Name: debian_DSA-2749.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/3/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:asterisk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-5641, CVE-2013-5642
DSA: 2749