The remote host is missing an update to irssi
announced via advisory USN-800-1.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: ubuntu_800_1.nasl 8616 2018-02-01 08:24:13Z cfischer $
# $Id: ubuntu_800_1.nasl 8616 2018-02-01 08:24:13Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-800-1 (irssi)
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 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_solution = "The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
irssi 0.8.10-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
irssi 0.8.12-3ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
irssi 0.8.12-4ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 9.04:
irssi 0.8.12-6ubuntu1.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart irssi to effect the
necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-800-1";
tag_insight = "It was discovered that irssi did not properly check the length of strings
when processing WALLOPS messages. If a user connected to an IRC network
where an attacker had IRC operator privileges, a remote attacker could
cause a denial of service.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to irssi
announced via advisory USN-800-1.";
if(description)
{
script_id(64440);
script_version("$Revision: 8616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-02-01 09:24:13 +0100 (Thu, 01 Feb 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-07-29 19:28:37 +0200 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1959");
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("Ubuntu USN-800-1 (irssi)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-800-1/");
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi-dev", ver:"0.8.10-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi-text", ver:"0.8.10-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi", ver:"0.8.10-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi-dev", ver:"0.8.12-3ubuntu3.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi", ver:"0.8.12-3ubuntu3.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi-dev", ver:"0.8.12-4ubuntu2.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.10")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi", ver:"0.8.12-4ubuntu2.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.10")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi-dev", ver:"0.8.12-6ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.04")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"irssi", ver:"0.8.12-6ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.04")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(port:0, data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}