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Fedora 39 : unrealircd (2023-7c6c696102)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187301

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-7c6c696102 advisory.

 # UnrealIRCd 6.1.4

 This release fixes a crash issue with websockets in UnrealIRCd 6.1.0 - 6.1.3.

 The full advisory with all details is available at: https://forums.unrealircd.org/viewtopic.php?t=9340

 ## Fixes
 * Crash that can be triggered by users when [Websockets](https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/WebSocket_support) are in use (a listen block with `listen::options::websocket`). This was assigned CVE-2023-50784.
 * In 6.1.3, [Websockets](https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/WebSocket_support) were not working with Chrome and possibly other browsers.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected unrealircd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-7c6c696102

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187301

File Name: fedora_2023-7c6c696102.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/26/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:unrealircd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50784