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🗓️ 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. WeeChat 0.3.6 through 0.3.9 has a heap-based buffer overflow that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IRC colors that are not properly decoded

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72604");
  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_cve_id("CVE-2012-5854");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-11-26 12:47:33 -0500 (Mon, 26 Nov 2012)");
  script_name("FreeBSD Ports: weechat");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following packages are affected:

  weechat, weechat-devel

CVE-2012-5854
Heap-based buffer overflow in WeeChat 0.3.6 through 0.3.9 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IRC colors that are not
properly decoded.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
  software upgrades.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://weechat.org/security/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37704");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/e02c572f-2af0-11e2-bb44-003067b2972c.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
  as announced in the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

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

vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";

bver = portver(pkg:"weechat");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"0.3.6")>=0 && revcomp(a:bver, b:"0.3.9.1")<0) {
  txt += "Package weechat version " + bver + " is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n";
  vuln = TRUE;
}
bver = portver(pkg:"weechat-devel");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"20110614")>=0 && revcomp(a:bver, b:"20121110")<0) {
  txt += "Package weechat-devel version " + bver + " is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n";
  vuln = TRUE;
}

if(vuln) {
  security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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