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GLSA-200807-12 : BitchX: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 33558
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-200807-12 (BitchX: Multiple vulnerabilities)bannedit reported a boundary error when handling overly long IRC MODE messages (CVE-2007-4584). Nico Golde reported an insecure creation of a temporary file within the e_hostname() function (CVE-2007-5839).
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious IRC server, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the local machine.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
Since BitchX is no longer maintained, we recommend that users unmerge the vulnerable package and switch to another IRC client:# emerge --unmerge 'net-irc/bitchx'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 33558
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200807-12.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 7/23/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bitchx, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4584, CVE-2007-5839