Debian DLA-2252-1 : ngircd security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 137671

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the server-server protocol in the ngircd Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in ngircd version 22-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ngircd 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 ngircd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137671

File Name: debian_DLA-2252.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/22/2020

Updated: 1/11/2021

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-2020-14148

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:ngircd, 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: 6/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14148

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