Debian DLA-2186-1 : ncmpc security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 135978

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It has been discovered a NULL pointer dereference could happen in ncmpc, an ncurses-based audio player. This could result in a crash and a denial of service.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 0.24-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ncmpc 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 ncmpc, and ncmpc-lyrics packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135978

File Name: debian_DLA-2186.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2020

Updated: 3/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-9240

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncmpc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncmpc-lyrics, 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: 4/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-9240

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