===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2006/VULN536 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 17/11/2006 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Systems running Asterisk. ====================================================================== ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: asterisk Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2006:069 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:00:00 +0000 Affected Products: SUSE LINUX 10.1 SUSE LINUX 10.0 SUSE LINUX 9.3 Vulnerability Type: remote denial of service Severity (1-10): 6 SUSE Default Package: no Cross-References: CVE-2006-5444, CVE-2006-5445 Content of This Advisory: 1) Security Vulnerability Resolved: Asterisk two security problems Problem Description 2) Solution or Work-Around 3) Special Instructions and Notes 4) Package Location and Checksums 5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds: See SUSE Security Summary Report. 6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion Two security problem have been found and fixed in the PBX software Asterisk. CVE-2006-5444: Integer overflow in the get_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan_skinny.c) as used by Cisco SCCP phones, allows remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code via a certain dlen value that passes a signed integer comparison and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. CVE-2006-5445: A vulnerability in the SIP channel driver (channels/chan_sip.c) in Asterisk on SUSE Linux 10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors that result in the creation of "a real pvt structure" that uses more resources than necessary. 2) Solution or Work-Around There is no known workaround, please install the update packages. 3) Special Instructions and Notes Please close and restart all running instances of asterisk after the update. 4) Package Location and Checksums The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them. Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this announcement. Then install the packages using the command rpm -Fhv to apply the update, replacing with the filename of the downloaded RPM package. x86 Platform: SUSE LINUX 10.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/rpm/i586/asterisk-1.2.5-12.8.i586.rpm 8af646c3a835f9388bb24cf4fb4f4896 SUSE LINUX 10.0: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/10.0/rpm/i586/asterisk-1.0.9-4.6.i586.rpm 1ea65f3361d4968a7d56ad5db441da83 SUSE LINUX 9.3: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/asterisk-1.0.6-4.6.i586.rpm 394149307b5165453749dac1677705d5 Power PC Platform: SUSE LINUX 10.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/rpm/ppc/asterisk-1.2.5-12.8.ppc.rpm 3c265f83a0329dd1a4b2391f0c479d65 SUSE LINUX 10.0: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/10.0/rpm/ppc/asterisk-1.0.9-4.6.ppc.rpm 9b1ae15d6248aeb79d68058fe924cba9 x86-64 Platform: SUSE LINUX 10.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/rpm/x86_64/asterisk-1.2.5-12.8.x86_64.rpm 372cf1854c36e1c347f8d349a0025e63 SUSE LINUX 10.0: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/10.0/rpm/x86_64/asterisk-1.0.9-4.6.x86_64.rpm 9ed9cc0cb929b73e2c93485762dfa778 SUSE LINUX 9.3: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64/asterisk-1.0.6-4.6.x86_64.rpm 3c5340048f204d6111f0be16fcf40923 Sources: SUSE LINUX 10.1: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.1/rpm/src/asterisk-1.2.5-12.8.src.rpm 835aad905134159f86e8905ba9adfcc6 SUSE LINUX 10.0: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/10.0/rpm/src/asterisk-1.0.9-4.6.src.rpm 503bcc2cbd1559a8e012b1cebe7af889 SUSE LINUX 9.3: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/asterisk-1.0.6-4.6.src.rpm c89bb1617fed47b62d6ad1208f1b6c69 ______________________________________________________________________________ 5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds: See SUSE Security Summary Report. ______________________________________________________________________________ 6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information - Announcement authenticity verification: SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE security announcements are published with a valid signature. To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file and run the command gpg --verify replacing with the name of the file where you saved the announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like: gpg: Signature made using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9 gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team " where is replaced by the date the document was signed. If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the command gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc - Package authenticity verification: SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered with. There are two verification methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or RPM package: 1) Using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package 2) MD5 checksums as provided in this announcement 1) The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command rpm -v --checksig to verify the signature of the package, replacing with the filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA. This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at the end of this announcement. 2) If you need an alternative means of verification, use the md5sum command to verify the authenticity of the packages. Execute the command md5sum after you downloaded the file from a SUSE FTP server or its mirrors. Then compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the SUSE security announcement. Because the announcement containing the checksums is cryptographically signed (by security@suse.de), the checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package if the signature of the announcement is valid. Note that the md5 sums published in the SUSE Security Announcements are valid for the respective packages only. Newer versions of these packages cannot be verified. - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security@suse.com - General Linux and SUSE security discussion. All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an e-mail to . suse-security-announce@suse.com - SUSE's announce-only mailing list. Only SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an e-mail to . For general information or the frequently asked questions (FAQ), send mail to or . ===================================================================== SUSE's security contact is or . The public key is listed below. ===================================================================== ______________________________________________________________________________ The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced, provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. In particular, the clear text signature should show proof of the authenticity of the text. SUSE Linux Products GmbH provides no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this security advisory. 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