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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72604
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: weechat
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following packages are affected:

weechat, weechat-devel

CVE-2012-5854
Heap-based buffer overflow in WeeChat 0.3.6 through 0.3.9 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IRC colors that are not
properly decoded.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-5854
BugTraq ID: 56482
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56482
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092228.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092536.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092490.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:136
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/12/2
http://osvdb.org/87279
http://secunia.com/advisories/51377
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1580 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00087.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0150 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00018.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 E-Soft Inc.

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