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GLSA-201209-09 : Atheme IRC Services: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62299

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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-201209-09 (Atheme IRC Services: Denial of Service)

 The “myuser_delete()” function in account.c does not properly remove CertFP entries when deleting user accounts.
 Impact :

 A remote authenticated attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition or gain access to an Atheme IRC Services user account.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Atheme users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/atheme-services-6.0.10'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62299

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201209-09.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 9/26/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:atheme-services, 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: 9/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1576

BID: 52675

GLSA: 201209-09