[ GLSA 201110-21 ] Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201110-21)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: October 24, 2011
Bug(s): #352059, #355967, #359767, #364887, #372793, #373409, #387453
ID: 201110-21

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Asterisk might allow unauthenticated
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.


Background

Asterisk is an open source telephony engine and toolkit.

Affected Packages

Package: net-misc/asterisk
Vulnerable: < 1.8.7.1
Unaffected: >= 1.8.7.1
Unaffected: >= 1.6.2.18.2 < 1.6.2.18.3
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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


Impact

An unauthenticated remote attacker may execute code with the privileges
of the Asterisk process or cause a Denial of Service.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All asterisk 1.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version: