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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53895 |
Category: | Slackware Local Security Checks |
Title: | Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2003-141-02) |
Summary: | The remote host is missing an update for the 'BitchX' package(s) announced via the SSA:2003-141-02 advisory. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'BitchX' package(s) announced via the SSA:2003-141-02 advisory. Vulnerability 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: Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Tue May 20 20:13:09 PDT 2003 patches/packages/bitchx-1.0c19-i386-3.tgz: Patched several potential 'evil server' security problems noted by Timo Sirainen. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'BitchX' package(s) on Slackware 8.1, Slackware 9.0. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG |
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