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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2017.1174
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1174-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'konversation' package(s) announced via the DLA-1174-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'konversation' package(s) announced via the DLA-1174-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that there was a denial of service vulnerability in the konversation IRC client related to parsing of color formatting codes.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, this issue has been fixed in konversation version 1.4-1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your konversation packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'konversation' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15923
Debian Security Information: DSA-4033 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4033
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00020.html
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