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RHEL 2.1 : micq (RHSA-2003:119)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12384

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated mICQ packages are available which fix a remote crash.

mICQ is an online messaging and conferencing program.

mICQ 0.4.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed ICQ message types without a 0xFE separator character.

Users of mICQ are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages containing mICQ version 0.4.10.2 which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected micq package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-1362

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:119

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12384

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-119.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:micq, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1362, CVE-2002-1363

RHSA: 2003:119