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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67834
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2078-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'kvirc' package(s) announced via the DSA-2078-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'kvirc' package(s) announced via the DSA-2078-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that incorrect parsing of CTCP commands in kvirc, a KDE-based IRC client, could lead to the execution of arbitrary IRC commands against other users.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2:3.4.0-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.0.0-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your kvirc package.

Affected Software/OS:
'kvirc' package(s) on Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2785
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2
http://www.osvdb.org/66648
http://secunia.com/advisories/40727
http://secunia.com/advisories/40796
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:014 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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