Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2022.5258.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5258-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'weechat' package(s) announced via the USN-5258-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'weechat' package(s) announced via the USN-5258-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat's relay plugin insecurely handled malformed websocket frames. A remote attacker in control of a server could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service in a client. (CVE-2021-40516) Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat insecurely handled certain IRC messages. A remote attacker in control of a server could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service in a client. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-9760) Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat insecurely handled certain IRC messages. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use these issues to cause denial of service in a client. These issues only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-9759, CVE-2020-8955) Joseph Bisch discovered that WeeChat's logger incorrectly handled certain memory operations when handling log file names. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service in a client. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-14727) Affected Software/OS: 'weechat' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-14727 BugTraq ID: 101003 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101003 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-8955 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ASRTCQFFDAAK347URWNDH6NSED2BGNY/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3LAJTLI3LWZRNCFYJ7PCBBTHUMCCBHH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ER23GT23US5JXDLUZAMGMWXKZ74MI4S2/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-51 https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/6f4f147d8e86adf9ad34a8ffd7e7f1f23a7e74da https://weechat.org/doc/security/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00031.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00018.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0248 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00032.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9759 https://blog.recurity-labs.com/2021-02-03/webOS_Pt1.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9760 https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3ca9197f Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-40516 https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/8b1331f98de1714bae15a9ca2e2b393ba49d735b
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