Debian DSA-4463-1 : znc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 125929

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the ZNC IRC bouncer which could result in remote code execution (CVE-2019-12816 ) or denial of service via invalid encoding (CVE-2019-9917 ).

Solution

Upgrade the znc packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.5-1+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125929

File Name: debian_DSA-4463.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2019

Updated: 1/10/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12816, CVE-2019-9917

DSA: 4463

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