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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.