Jerry Jones
2008-Dec-08 15:11 UTC
[asterisk-users] Anyone know which vulnerability specifically they are referring to?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/120608-fbi-criminals-auto-dialing-with-hacked.html?Inform=nl&netht=rn_120808&nladname=120808dailynewsamal Criminals are taking advantage of a bug in the Asterisk Internet telephony system that lets them pump out thousands of scam phone calls in an hour, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Friday. The FBI didn't say which versions of Asterisk were vulnerable to the bug, but it advised users to upgrade to the latest version of the software. Asterisk is an open-source product that lets users turn a Linux computer into a VoIP telephone exchange. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20081208/37453c88/attachment.htm
Tilghman Lesher
2008-Dec-08 17:24 UTC
[asterisk-users] Anyone know which vulnerability specifically they are referring to?
On Monday 08 December 2008 09:11:08 am Jerry Jones wrote:> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/120608-fbi-criminals-auto-dialing-wit >h-hacked.html?Inform=nl&netht=rn_120808&nladname=120808dailynewsamal > > Criminals are taking advantage of a bug in the Asterisk Internet > telephony system that lets them pump out thousands of scam phone calls > in an hour, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Friday. > > The FBI didn't say which versions of Asterisk were vulnerable to the > bug, but it advised users to upgrade to the latest version of the > software. Asterisk is an open-source product that lets users turn a > Linux computer into a VoIP telephone exchange.Probably this one, since the summary points to that specifically: http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-003.pdf -- Tilghman
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