GLSA-201807-03 : ZNC:Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111411

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-201807-03 (ZNC:Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ZNC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could read arbitary files and esclate privileges.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/znc-1.7.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111411

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201807-03.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/30/2018

Updated: 3/11/2019

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: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:gentoo:linux:znc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2018

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 201807-03