Advisor SSA:2003-141-02 BitchX security fixes, IRC client vulnerabilitie
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: esoft_slk_ssa_2003_141_02.nasl 6598 2017-07-07 09:36:44Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from the corresponding slackware advisory
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# or at your option, GNU General Public License version 3,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "New BitchX packages are available to fix security problems found
by Timo Sirainen. BitchX is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client.
Under certain circumstances, a malicious IRC server could cause
BitchX to crash, or possibly to run arbitrary code as the user
running BitchX.
All sites running BitchX are advised to upgrade.
More information on the problem can be found here:";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update as announced
via advisory SSA:2003-141-02.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2003-141-02";
if(description)
{
script_id(53895);
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-09-11 01:34:21 +0200 (Tue, 11 Sep 2012)");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 11:36:44 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_version("$Revision: 6598 $");
name = "Slackware Advisory SSA:2003-141-02 BitchX security fixes ";
script_name(name);
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Slackware Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/slackware_linux", "ssh/login/slackpack");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-slack.inc");
vuln = 0;
if(isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"bitchx", ver:"1.0c19-i386-3", rls:"SLK8.1")) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"bitchx", ver:"1.0c19-i386-3", rls:"SLK9.0")) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(vuln) {
security_message(0);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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