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Debian DSA-414-1 : jabber - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15251

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in jabber, an instant messaging server, whereby a bug in the handling of SSL connections could cause the server process to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.2a-1.1woody1.

We recommend that you update your jabber package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-414

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15251

File Name: debian_DSA-414.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jabber, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0013

BID: 9376

DSA: 414