openSUSE Security Update : weechat (openSUSE-SU-2012:1580-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74822

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- added weechat-fix-hook_process-shell-injection.patch which fixes a shell injection vulnerability in the hook_process function (bnc#790217, CVE-2012-5534)

- added weechat-fix-buffer-overflow-in-irc-color-decoding.patch which fixes a heap-based overflow when decoding IRC colors in strings (bnc#789146, CVE-2012-5854)

Solution

Update the affected weechat packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74822

File Name: openSUSE-2012-814.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-tcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-tcl-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-aspell, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-aspell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-guile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-guile-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-python-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5534, CVE-2012-5854

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