Multiple Asterisk Products ConfBridge Dialplan Functions Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	71228
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-8417
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 21 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 06 2015 12:03AM
Credit:	Gareth Palmer
Vulnerable:	Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Multiple Asterisk Products ConfBridge Dialplan Functions Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Multiple Asterisk products are prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges within the context of the affected application.

The following products are vulnerable:

Asterisk Open Source
Certified Asterisk

Multiple Asterisk Products ConfBridge Dialplan Functions Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Multiple Asterisk Products ConfBridge Dialplan Functions Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Multiple Asterisk Products ConfBridge Dialplan Functions Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Asterisk Homepage (Asterisk)