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GLSA-200904-04 : WeeChat: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36092

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-200904-04 (WeeChat: Denial of Service)

 Sebastien Helleu reported an array out-of-bounds error in the colored message handling.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted PRIVMSG command, possibly leading to a Denial of Service (application crash).
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All WeeChat users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/weechat-0.2.6.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200904-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36092

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200904-04.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 4/7/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0661

BID: 34148

CWE: 20

GLSA: 200904-04