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Debian DSA-3662-1 : inspircd - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93387

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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 Inspircd IRC server may lead to users impersonating other users.

Solution

Upgrade the inspircd packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.17-1+deb8u2.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3662

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93387

File Name: debian_DSA-3662.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7142

DSA: 3662