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Debian DSA-3661-1 : charybdis - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 93354

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that incorrect SASL authentication in the Charybdis IRC server may lead to users impersonating other users.

Solution

Upgrade the charybdis packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.2-5+deb8u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/charybdis

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3661

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93354

File Name: debian_DSA-3661.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:charybdis

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7143

DSA: 3661