Debian DLA-2375-1 : inspircd security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140665

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Two security issues were discovered in the modules of the InspIRCd IRC daemon, which could result in denial of service.

CVE-2019-20917

mysql module before v3.3.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference when built against mariadb-connector-c. When combined with the sqlauth or sqloper modules this vulnerability can be used to remotely crash an InspIRCd server by any user able to connect to a server.

CVE-2020-25269

The pgsql module contains a use after free vulnerability. When combined with the sqlauth or sqloper modules this vulnerability can be used to remotely crash an InspIRCd server by any user able to connect to a server.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.23-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your inspircd packages.

For the detailed security status of inspircd please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/inspircd

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140665

File Name: debian_DLA-2375.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2020

Updated: 2/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inspircd-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inspircd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inspircd-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20917, CVE-2020-25269

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