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openSUSE Security Update : weechat (openSUSE-2020-248)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134153

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for weechat fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2020-8955: Fixed a buffer overflow in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c that allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1163889).

Solution

Update the affected weechat packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1163889

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134153

File Name: openSUSE-2020-248.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2020

Updated: 3/25/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2020-8955

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-tcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-perl-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-aspell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-guile-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-tcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-aspell, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-guile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lua-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8955