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

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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mcpp: heap based buffer overflow in function do_msg() in support.c (CVE-2019-14274)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

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
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
199534	RHEL 8 : mcpp (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
195668	RHEL 6 : mcpp (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat 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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