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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : konversation vulnerability (USN-2401-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79121

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Manuel Nickschas discovered that Konversation did not properly perform input sanitization when using Blowfish ECB encryption. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected konversation package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2401-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79121

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2401-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konversation, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8483

USN: 2401-1