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Debian DSA-1052-1 : cgiirc - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 22594

Synopsis

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

Description

Several buffer overflows have been discovered in cgiirc, a web-based IRC client, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the cgiirc package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain cgiirc packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.4-6sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365680

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1052

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22594

File Name: debian_DSA-1052.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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:debian:debian_linux:cgiirc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2148

DSA: 1052