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GLSA-201412-31 : ZNC: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80109

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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-201412-31 (ZNC: Denial of Service)

 Multiple NULL pointer dereferences have been found in ZNC.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/znc-1.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-31

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80109

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201412-31.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 12/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2130, CVE-2014-9403

GLSA: 201412-31