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GLSA-201201-18 : bip: Multiple vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 57744
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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-201201-18 (bip: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in bip:
Uli Schlachter reported that bip does not properly handle invalid data during authentication, resulting in a daemon crash (CVE-2010-3071).
Julien Tinnes reported that bip does not check the number of open file descriptors against FD_SETSIZE, resulting in a stack buffer overflow (CVE-2012-0806).
Impact :
A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the bip daemon, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All bip users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/bip-0.8.8-r1' NOTE: The CVE-2010-3071 flaw was already corrected in an earlier version of bip and is included in this advisory for completeness.
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 57744
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201201-18.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 1/31/2012
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bip, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-3071, CVE-2012-0806
GLSA: 201201-18