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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64378
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1826-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'eggdrop' package(s) announced via the DSA-1826-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'eggdrop' package(s) announced via the DSA-1826-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2007-2807

It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code. The previous DSA (DSA-1448-1) did not fix the issue correctly.

CVE-2009-1789

It was discovered that eggdrop is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, that allows remote attackers to cause a crash via a crafted PRIVMSG.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.1+lenny1.

For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.18-1etch2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.19-1.2

We recommend that you upgrade your eggdrop package.

Affected Software/OS:
'eggdrop' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

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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