Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for asterisk. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for asterisk
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20658
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20658/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From local network
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for asterisk. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA20497
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-misc/asterisk-1.0.11_p1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-15.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20497:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20497/
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