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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4463-1 (znc - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'znc' package(s) announced via the DSA-4463-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the ZNC IRC bouncer which could result in remote code execution (CVE-2019-12816) or denial of service via invalid encoding (CVE-2019-9917).

Affected Software

Affected Software

'znc' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.5-1+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your znc packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)