FreeBSD : inspircd -- authentication bypass vulnerability (70c85c93-743c-11e6-a590-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93360

Synopsis

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

Description

Adam reports :

A serious vulnerability exists in when using m_sasl in combination with any services that support SASL EXTERNAL. To be vulnerable you must have m_sasl loaded, and have services which support SASL EXTERNAL authentication.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.inspircd.org/2016/09/03/v2023-released.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?51b2d090

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93360

File Name: freebsd_pkg_70c85c93743c11e6a59014dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 9/8/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:inspircd, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2016