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GLSA-201405-21 : Charybdis, ShadowIRCd: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74063

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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-201405-21 (Charybdis, ShadowIRCd: Denial of Service)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in Charybdis and ShadowIRCd. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Charybdis users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/charybdis-3.4.2' All ShadowIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/shadowircd-6.3.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-21

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74063

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201405-21.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:charybdis, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:shadowircd, 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: 5/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6084

BID: 57085

GLSA: 201405-21