Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1048-1 asterisk -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

01 May 2006

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 338116.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 15336.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3559, CVE-2006-1827.

More information:

Several problems have been discovered in Asterisk, an Open Source Private Branch Exchange (telephone control center). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2005-3559
Adam Pointon discovered that due to missing input sanitising it is possible to retrieve recorded phone messages for a different extension.
CVE-2006-1827
Emmanouel Kellinis discovered an integer signedness error that could trigger a buffer overflow and hence allow the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.11-3woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7.1.dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your asterisk package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_m68k.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_0.1.11-3woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-config_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-dev_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-doc_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-sounds-main_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-web-vmail_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-gtk-console_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/asterisk/asterisk-h323_1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.