Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ejabberd (MDVSA-2014:005)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72020

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in ejabberd :

The TLS driver in ejabberd before 2.1.12 supports (1) SSLv2 and (2) weak SSL ciphers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack (CVE-2013-6169).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the 2.1.13 version which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected ejabberd, ejabberd-devel and / or ejabberd-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72020

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-005.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ejabberd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ejabberd-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ejabberd-doc, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6169

BID: 62954

MDVSA: 2014:005

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