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Fedora 17 : weechat-0.3.8-3.fc17 (2012-17973)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62953

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix buffer overflow when parsing IRC colors.

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Solution

Update the affected weechat package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875181

http://www.nessus.org/u?31fac84e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62953

File Name: fedora_2012-17973.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:weechat

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5854

BID: 56482

FEDORA: 2012-17973