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Debian DLA-1830-1 : znc security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 126079

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the ZNC IRC bouncer which could result in remote code execution.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-2+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your znc packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00017.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126079

File Name: debian_DLA-1830.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/21/2019

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment 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, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:znc-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:znc-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:znc-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:znc-python, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:znc-tcl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12816