GLSA-200807-12 : BitchX: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 33558

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200807-12 (BitchX: Multiple vulnerabilities)

bannedit reported a boundary error when handling overly long IRC MODE messages (CVE-2007-4584). Nico Golde reported an insecure creation of a temporary file within the e_hostname() function (CVE-2007-5839).
Impact :

A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious IRC server, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the local machine.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Since BitchX is no longer maintained, we recommend that users unmerge the vulnerable package and switch to another IRC client:
# emerge --unmerge 'net-irc/bitchx'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200807-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 33558

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200807-12.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/23/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bitchx, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4584, CVE-2007-5839

CWE: 119, 59

GLSA: 200807-12