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title: "CVE-2012-2414\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2414

Publication date 30 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

main/manager.c in the Manager Interface in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.2.x
before 1.6.2.24, 1.8.x before 1.8.11.1, and 10.x before 10.3.1 and Asterisk
Business Edition C.3.x before C.3.7.4 does not properly enforce System
class authorization requirements, which allows remote authenticated users
to execute arbitrary commands via (1) the originate action in the
MixMonitor application, (2) the SHELL and EVAL functions in the GetVar
manager action, or (3) the SHELL and EVAL functions in the Status manager
action.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2414?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| asterisk | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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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)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

Affects 1.6.2.x, 1.8.x, 10.x
Attacker must be authenticated into the Asterisk Manager Interface

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2414)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2414)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2414)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2414)

### Other references

* <http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-004.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2414>