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Ubuntu 19.04 : irssi vulnerability (USN-4119-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128505

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain CAP requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected irssi package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4119-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128505

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4119-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2019

Updated: 4/29/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15717

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:irssi

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15717

USN: 4119-1