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Debian DSA-912-1 : centericq - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 22778

Synopsis

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

Description

Wernfried Haas discovered that centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, can crash when it receives certain zero length packets and is directly connected to the Internet.

Solution

Upgrade the centericq package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.1-1.1woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge3.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=334089

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-912

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22778

File Name: debian_DSA-912.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:centericq

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3694

DSA: 912