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GLSA-200712-12 : IRC Services: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29717

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200712-12 (IRC Services: Denial of Service)

 loverboy reported that the 'default_encrypt()' function in file encrypt.c does not properly handle overly long passwords.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could provide an overly long password to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All IRC Services users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/ircservices-5.0.63'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29717

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200712-12.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 12/17/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ircservices, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6122

CWE: 20

GLSA: 200712-12