[asterisk-dev] Asterisk 1.4.40.1, 1.6.1.25, 1.6.2.17.3, and 1.8.3.3 Now Available (Security Releases)

[Asterisk Development Team]

The Asterisk Development Team has announced security releases for Asterisk
branches 1.4, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, and 1.8. The available security releases are
released as versions 1.4.40.1, 1.6.1.25, 1.6.2.17.3, and 1.8.3.3.

These releases are available for immediate download at
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases

The releases of Asterisk 1.4.40.1, 1.6.1.25, 1.6.2.17.3, and 1.8.3.3 resolve two
issues:

* File Descriptor Resource Exhaustion (AST-2011-005)
* Asterisk Manager User Shell Access (AST-2011-006)

The issues and resolutions are described in the AST-2011-005 and AST-2011-006
security advisories.

For more information about the details of these vulnerabilities, please read the
security advisories AST-2011-005 and AST-2011-006, which were released at the
same time as this announcement.

For a full list of changes in the current releases, please see the ChangeLog:

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.4.40.1
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.6.1.25
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.6.2.17.3
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.8.3.3

Security advisory AST-2011-005 and AST-2011-006 are available at:

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-005.pdf
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2011-006.pdf

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!