Debian DSA-3990-1 : asterisk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 103654

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Synopsis

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

Description

Klaus-Peter Junghann discovered that insufficient validation of RTCP packets in Asterisk may result in an information leak. Please see the upstream advisory at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-008.html for additional details.

Solution

Upgrade the asterisk packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:11.13.1~dfsg-2+deb8u4.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:13.14.1~dfsg-2+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103654

File Name: debian_DSA-3990.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/4/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

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: 10/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14603

DSA: 3990

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