Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200801-13 (ngircd) describes a vulnerability in ngircd allowing for a Denial of Service attack
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 14 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2008-0285 | 16 Jan 200800:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2008-0285 | 16 Jan 200800:00 | – | cve |
![]() | ngIRCd IRC daemon DoS | 29 Jan 200800:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | [ GLSA 200801-13 ] ngIRCd: Denial of Service | 29 Jan 200800:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | CVE-2008-0285 | 15 Jan 200823:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2008-0285 | 4 Oct 201921:38 | – | redhatcve |
![]() | CVE-2008-0285 | 16 Jan 200800:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | CVE-2008-0285 | 16 Jan 200800:00 | – | debiancve |
![]() | [Backports-security-announce] Security Update for ngircd | 10 Dec 200815:11 | – | debian |
![]() | [Backports-security-announce] Security Update for ngircd | 10 Dec 200815:12 | – | debian |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisories, 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,
# 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 = "ngIRCd does not properly sanitize commands sent by users, allowing for a
Denial of Service.";
tag_solution = "All ngIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/ngircd-0.10.4'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200801-13
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204834";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200801-13.";
if(description)
{
script_id(60276);
script_version("$Revision: 6596 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 11:21:37 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0285");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200801-13 (ngircd)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
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 : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
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-gentoo.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-irc/ngircd", unaffected: make_list("ge 0.10.4"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 0.10.4"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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