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GLSA-202208-04 : libmcpp: Denial of service
medium Nessus Plugin ID 163843
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Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-04 (libmcpp: Denial of service)- MCPP 2.7.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the do_msg() function in support.c. (CVE-2019-14274)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
All libmcpp users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-cpp/libmcpp-2.7.2_p5
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 163843
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202208-04.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 8/4/2022
Updated: 10/16/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14274
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libmcpp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-14274