FreeBSD : ngircd -- buffer overflow vulnerability (7f6dd1bd-7d99-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19002

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Florian Westphal discovered a buffer overflow in ngircd which can be used remotely crash the server and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19002

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7f6dd1bd7d9911d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ngircd, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0199

BID: 12397

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