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Debian DLA-832-1 : bitlbee security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97356

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2017-5668 Fix for incomplete fix for 'NULL pointer dereference with file transfer request from unknown contacts'. (Though this package wasn't in Wheezy with this issue, I mention it here. The fix was done with the second patch for CVE-2016-10189)

CVE-2016-10189 NULL pointer dereference with file transfer request from unknown contacts.

CVE-2016-10188 deactivate any incoming file transfer for bitlbee This affects any libpurple protocol when used through BitlBee. It does not affect other libpurple-based clients such as pidgin.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/02/msg00023.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/bitlbee

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97356

File Name: debian_DLA-832.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-libpurple, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-plugin-otr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10188, CVE-2016-10189, CVE-2017-5668