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GLSA-202107-22 : InspIRCd: Information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156998

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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-202107-22 (InspIRCd: Information disclosure)

 InspIRCd incorrectly handled malformed PONG messages, resulting in access of freed memory.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send crafted packets to the server, possibly allowing them to obtain sensitive information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/inspircd-3.10.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156998

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202107-22.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/24/2022

Updated: 12/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33586

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:inspircd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33586

GLSA: 202107-22