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openSUSE Security Update : bitlbee (openSUSE-2017-328)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97711

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for bitlbee fixes the following security issues :

 - A file transfer request from a contact not in the contact list could have resulted in a NULL pointer dereference, causing remote DoS by malicious remote clients (CVE-2016-10189, bnc#1022498).

Solution

Update the affected bitlbee packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022498

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97711

File Name: openSUSE-2017-328.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/14/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bitlbee-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bitlbee-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bitlbee, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bitlbee-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10189