RHEL 2.1 / 3 : xchat (RHSA-2004:585)

high Nessus Plugin ID 15633

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated xchat package that fixes a stack-based buffer overflow in the SOCKSv5 proxy code.

X-Chat is a graphical IRC chat client for the X Window System.

A stack-based buffer overflow has been fixed in the SOCKSv5 proxy code. An attacker could create a malicious SOCKSv5 proxy server in such a way that X-Chat would execute arbitrary code if a victim configured X-Chat to use the proxy. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0409 to this issue.

Users of X-Chat should upgrade to this erratum package, which contains a backported security patch, and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected xchat package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15633

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-585.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2004

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: 6.3

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:xchat, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0409

RHSA: 2004:585

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