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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-40 (ngIRCd)

🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-40 (ngIRCd) describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in ngIRCd, allowing attackers to crash the daemon and potentially execute arbitrary code

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54826");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0199");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_version("2024-02-09T05:06:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-09 05:06:25 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-02-08 15:43:49 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
  script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-40 (ngIRCd)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"ngIRCd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that can be used to crash the
daemon and possibly execute arbitrary code.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All ngIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/ngIRCd-0.8.2'");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-40");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79705");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://arthur.ath.cx/pipermail/ngircd-ml/2005-January/000228.html");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-40.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-irc/ngircd", unaffected: make_list("ge 0.8.2"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 0.8.2"))) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
}

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09 Feb 2024 00:00Current
9.6High risk
Vulners AI Score9.6
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.18767
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