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Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : quassel vulnerability (USN-991-1)

🗓️ 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS quassel vulnerability (USN-991-1) - Denial of service via multiple CTCP request

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Code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-991-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(49673);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:26");

  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"991-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : quassel vulnerability (USN-991-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Jima discovered that quassel would respond to a single privmsg
containing multiple CTCP requests with multiple NOTICEs, possibly
resulting in a denial of service against the IRC connection.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/991-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quassel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quassel-client");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quassel-client-qt4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quassel-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quassel-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quassel-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quassel-qt4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/09/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/09/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/09/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(9\.04|9\.10|10\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"quassel", pkgver:"0.4.1-0ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"quassel-client", pkgver:"0.4.1-0ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"quassel-core", pkgver:"0.4.1-0ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"quassel-data", pkgver:"0.4.1-0ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"quassel", pkgver:"0.5.0-0ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"quassel-client", pkgver:"0.5.0-0ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"quassel-core", pkgver:"0.5.0-0ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"quassel-data", pkgver:"0.5.0-0ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"quassel-dbg", pkgver:"0.5.0-0ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"quassel", pkgver:"0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"quassel-client", pkgver:"0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"quassel-client-qt4", pkgver:"0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"quassel-core", pkgver:"0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"quassel-data", pkgver:"0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"quassel-dbg", pkgver:"0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"quassel-qt4", pkgver:"0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "quassel / quassel-client / quassel-client-qt4 / quassel-core / etc");
}

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19 Sep 2019 12:54Current
5.5Medium risk
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