The remote host is missing an update to asterisk announced via advisory DSA 1048-1. Several problems have been discovered in Asterisk, an Open Source Private Branch Exchange (telephone control center). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-3559 Adam Pointon discovered that due to missing input sanitising it is possible to retrieve recorded phone messages for a different extension. CVE-2006-1827 Emmanouel Kellinis discovered an integer signedness error that could trigger a buffer overflow and hence allow the execution of arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.11-3woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7.1.dfsg-1. We recommend that you upgrade your asterisk package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201048-1