Debian DSA-2065-1 : kvirc - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 47154

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two security issues have been discovered in the DCC protocol support code of kvirc, a KDE-based next generation IRC client, which allow the overwriting of local files through directory traversal and the execution of arbitrary code through a format string attack.

Solution

Upgrade the kvirc packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.0-5.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2065

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 47154

File Name: debian_DSA-2065.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kvirc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2451, CVE-2010-2452

BID: 40746

DSA: 2065