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FreeBSD : IRC Services-- Denial of Service Vulnerability (e5a9de5f-c6bc-11dc-b9f1-00a0cce0781e)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 30030

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in IRC Services, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a Denial of Service. The vulnerability is caused due to the improper handling of overly long passwords within the 'default_encrypt()' function in encrypt.c and can be exploited to crash an affected server.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4a8b80f

http://www.nessus.org/u?8c3556a2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 30030

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e5a9de5fc6bc11dcb9f100a0cce0781e.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/21/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6122

CWE: 20

Secunia: 27761