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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201710-29
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Asterisk: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: October 29, 2017
     Bugs: #629682, #629692, #633856
       ID: 201710-29

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Asterisk, the worst of
which allows remote execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Background
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A Modular Open Source PBX System. 

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/asterisk           < 11.25.3                 >= 11.25.3 

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

Impact
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A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of
service condition, or cause an unauthorized data disclosure by enticing
a user to run malicious code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Asterisk users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/asterisk-13.17.2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14098
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14098
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-14099
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14099
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-14100
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14100
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-14603
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14603

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-29

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5