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title: "CVE-2011-1599\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-1599

Publication date 27 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

manager.c in the Manager Interface in Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x before
1.4.40.1, 1.6.1.x before 1.6.1.25, 1.6.2.x before 1.6.2.17.3, and 1.8.x
before 1.8.3.3 and Asterisk Business Edition C.x.x before C.3.6.4 does not
properly check for the system privilege, which allows remote authenticated
users to execute arbitrary commands via an Originate action that has an
Async header in conjunction with an Application header.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| asterisk | 11.04 natty | Fixed 1:1.6.2.9-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1:1.6.2.7-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:1.6.2.5-0ubuntu1.4 |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1599?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| asterisk | * Upstream:   <http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-006-1.6.2.diff> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1599)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1599)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-1599)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1599)

### Other references

* <http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-006.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1599>