FreeBSD : ircd-ratbox and charybdis -- remote DoS vulnerability (4108cc57-54d7-11e2-9483-14dae938ec40)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63373

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

atheme.org reports :

All versions of Charybdis are vulnerable to a remotely-triggered crash bug caused by code originating from ircd-ratbox 2.0. (Incidentally, this means all versions since ircd-ratbox 2.0 are also vulnerable.)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.ratbox.org/ASA-2012-12-31.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?c81cb0fa

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63373

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4108cc5754d711e2948314dae938ec40.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 1/3/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:charybdis, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ircd-ratbox, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2012