FreeBSD : unreal -- denial of service (0ecc1f55-45d0-11e5-adde-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85519

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Unreal reports :

Summary: If SASL support is enabled in UnrealIRCd (this is not the default) and is also enabled in your services package then a malicious user with a services account can cause UnrealIRCd to crash.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.unrealircd.org/txt/unrealsecadvisory.20150816.txt

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/367

http://www.nessus.org/u?61871dfe

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85519

File Name: freebsd_pkg_0ecc1f5545d011e5adde14dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 8/19/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:unreal, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2015