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[DSA1229] DSA-1229-1 asterisk

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1229-1 asterisk

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Adam Boileau discovered an integer overflow in the Skinny channel
driver in Asterisk, an Open Source Private Branch Exchange or
telephone system, as used by Cisco SCCP phones, which permits remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.13~dfsg-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your asterisk packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1229
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 20617

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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