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openSUSE: Security Advisory for weechat (openSUSE-SU-2020:0248-1)

🗓️ 28 Feb 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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openSUSE Security Advisory for weechat (openSUSE-SU-2020:0248-1). Fix for CVE-2020-8955 buffer overflow in irc-mode.c

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# Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# 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-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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#
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.853049");
  script_version("2025-02-28T05:38:49+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8955");
  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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-02-28 05:38:49 +0000 (Fri, 28 Feb 2025)");
  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:"2020-02-27 23:15:00 +0000 (Thu, 27 Feb 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-02-28 04:01:59 +0000 (Fri, 28 Feb 2020)");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for weechat (openSUSE-SU-2020:0248-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/opensuse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSELeap15\.1");

  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2020:0248-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00032.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'weechat'
  package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2020:0248-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for weechat fixes the following security issue:

  - CVE-2020-8955: Fixed a buffer overflow in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c that
  allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1163889).


  Patch Instructions:

  To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
  installation methods
  like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

  Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  - openSUSE Leap 15.1:

  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-248=1

  - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1:

  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-248=1

  - openSUSE Backports SLE-15:

  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-248=1");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'weechat' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

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

  exit(0);
}

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

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSELeap15.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat", rpm:"weechat~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-aspell", rpm:"weechat-aspell~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-aspell-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-aspell-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-debugsource", rpm:"weechat-debugsource~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-devel", rpm:"weechat-devel~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-guile", rpm:"weechat-guile~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-guile-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-guile-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-lua", rpm:"weechat-lua~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-lua-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-lua-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-perl", rpm:"weechat-perl~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-perl-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-perl-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-python", rpm:"weechat-python~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-python-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-python-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-ruby", rpm:"weechat-ruby~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-ruby-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-ruby-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-tcl", rpm:"weechat-tcl~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-tcl-debuginfo", rpm:"weechat-tcl-debuginfo~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"weechat-lang", rpm:"weechat-lang~2.1~lp151.3.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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