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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64082
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-5568 (eggdrop)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to eggdrop;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-5568.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to eggdrop
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-5568.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
Update Information:

mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted
PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy.
NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807. The
current remote denial of service is tracked as CVE-2009-1789.

ChangeLog:

* Tue May 26 2009 Robert Scheck 1.6.19-4

- Added upstream ctcpfix to solve CVE-2009-1789 (#502650)

Solution:
Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update eggdrop' at the command line.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2807
BugTraq ID: 24070
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24070
Debian Security Information: DSA-1448 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1448
Debian Security Information: DSA-1826 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1826
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00336.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00348.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-07.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:175
http://www.eggheads.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=462
http://osvdb.org/36237
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018700
http://secunia.com/advisories/25276
http://secunia.com/advisories/26727
http://secunia.com/advisories/26826
http://secunia.com/advisories/27989
http://secunia.com/advisories/28347
http://secunia.com/advisories/35690
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1789
BugTraq ID: 34985
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34985
Bugtraq: 20090515 eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503574
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8695
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01333.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01337.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0129.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:126
http://osvdb.org/54460
http://secunia.com/advisories/35104
http://secunia.com/advisories/35158
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1340
XForce ISS Database: eggdrop-servmsg-dos(50547)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50547
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