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TITLE:
Fedora update for asterisk

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29470

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29470/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Hijacking, Security Bypass, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for asterisk. This fixes a weakness and
some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), hijack a user session, and potentially compromise a
vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA29426
SA29449

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update asterisk").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00438.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00514.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29426:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29426/

SA29449:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29449/

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