Ubuntu 5.10 : irssi-text vulnerability (USN-259-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21067

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability was discoverd in irssi. The DCC ACCEPT command handler did not sufficiently verify the remotely specified arguments. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash irssi by sending a specially crafted DCC commands.

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Solution

Update the affected irssi-text package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21067

File Name: ubuntu_USN-259-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:irssi-text, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0458

USN: 259-1