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An asterisk security update has been released for Debian



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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2749-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
September 02, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : asterisk
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2013-5641 CVE-2013-5642

Colin Cuthbertson and Walter Doekes discovered two vulnerabilities in
the SIP processing code of Asterisk - an open source PBX and telephony
toolkit -, which could result in denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze11.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.13.1~dfsg-3+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your asterisk packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
  DSA 2749-1: asterisk security update