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FreeBSD : weechat -- multiple vulnerabilities (81433129-2916-11e7-ad3e-00e04c1ea73d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99646

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Synopsis

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

Description

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures :

WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://weechat.org/doc/security/

http://www.nessus.org/u?13e3e326

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99646

File Name: freebsd_pkg_81433129291611e7ad3e00e04c1ea73d.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 4/25/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:weechat, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8073