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Debian DSA-2598-1 : weechat - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 63383
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Two security issues have been discovered in WeeChat, a fast, light and extensible chat client :- CVE-2011-1428 X.509 certificates were incorrectly validated.
- CVE-2012-5534 The hook_process function in the plugin API allowed the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
Solution
Upgrade the weechat packages.For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 0.3.2-1+squeeze1.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1428
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5534
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 63383
File Name: debian_DSA-2598.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 1/7/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:weechat, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1428, CVE-2012-5534
DSA: 2598