FreeBSD : ricochet -- information disclosure (d71831ef-e6f8-11e5-85be-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89854

Synopsis

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

Description

special reports :

By sending a nickname with some HTML tags in a contact request, an attacker could cause Ricochet to make network requests without Tor after the request is accepted, which would reveal the user's IP address.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet/releases/tag/v1.1.2

http://www.nessus.org/u?31f96df1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89854

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d71831efe6f811e585be14dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 3/11/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2016