GLSA-200411-24 : BNC: Buffer overflow vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 15725

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-200411-24 (BNC: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

Leon Juranic discovered that BNC fails to do proper bounds checking when checking server response.
Impact :

An attacker could exploit this to cause a Denial of Service and potentially execute arbitary code with the permissions of the user running BNC.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All BNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/bnc-2.9.1'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15725

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-24.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: Local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2004

Reference Information

GLSA: 200411-24

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