MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function in support.c.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function in support.c. (CVE-2019-14274)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 6e8b9c75-6179-11ef-8a7d-b42e991fc52e advisory.

    cve@mitre.org reports:
    MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function             in support.c.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of mcpp installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2019-14274 advisory.

  - MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function in support.c. (CVE-2019-14274)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-04 (libmcpp: Denial of service)

  - MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function in support.c. (CVE-2019-14274)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for mcpp fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2019-14274: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in     the do_msg() (boo#1143032)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
222388	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-14274	Nessus	Misc.	medium
206183	FreeBSD : mcpp -- Heap-based buffer overflow (6e8b9c75-6179-11ef-8a7d-b42e991fc52e)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
201259	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: mcpp (CVE-2019-14274)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
163843	GLSA-202208-04 : libmcpp: Denial of service	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
134936	openSUSE Security Update : mcpp (openSUSE-2020-382)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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