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openSUSE Security Update : weechat (openSUSE-2017-536)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99958

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for weechat fixes one security issues :

 - CVE-2017-8073: WeeChat allowed 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 (bsc#1036467).

Solution

Update the affected weechat packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1036467

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99958

File Name: openSUSE-2017-536.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/3/2017

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-tcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-aspell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-guile-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-tcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-perl, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-aspell, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-guile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:weechat-lua-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8073