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Debian DSA-4252-1 : znc - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111175

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jeriko One discovered two vulnerabilities in the ZNC IRC bouncer which could result in privilege escalation or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the znc packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.5-1+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/znc

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/znc

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4252

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111175

File Name: debian_DSA-4252.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2018

Updated: 3/11/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:znc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14055, CVE-2018-14056

DSA: 4252