SB2012070602 - Resource management error in asterisk (Alpine package)
Published: July 6, 2012
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012070602
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3812)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
Double free vulnerability in apps/app_voicemail.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.13.1 and 10.x before 10.5.2, Certified Asterisk 1.8.11-certx before 1.8.11-cert4, and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x.x-digiumphones before 10.5.2-digiumphones allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by establishing multiple voicemail sessions and accessing both the Urgent mailbox and the INBOX mailbox.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.