CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
95.1%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-34 (Konversation: Various vulnerabilities)
Wouter Coekaerts has discovered three vulnerabilities within Konversation:
The Server::parseWildcards function, which is used by the 'Quick Buttons', does not properly handle variable expansion (CAN-2005-0129).
Perl scripts included with Konversation do not properly escape shell metacharacters (CAN-2005-0130).
The 'Nick' and 'Password' fields in the Quick Connect dialog can be easily confused (CAN-2005-0131).
Impact :
A malicious server could create specially crafted channels, which would exploit certain flaws in Konversation, potentially leading to the execution of shell commands. A user could also unintentionally input their password into the 'Nick' field in the Quick Connect dialog, exposing his password to IRC users, and log files.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-34.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(16425);
script_version("1.20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0129", "CVE-2005-0130", "CVE-2005-0131");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200501-34");
script_name(english:"GLSA-200501-34 : Konversation: Various vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-34
(Konversation: Various vulnerabilities)
Wouter Coekaerts has discovered three vulnerabilities within
Konversation:
The Server::parseWildcards function, which
is used by the 'Quick Buttons', does not properly handle variable
expansion (CAN-2005-0129).
Perl scripts included with
Konversation do not properly escape shell metacharacters
(CAN-2005-0130).
The 'Nick' and 'Password' fields in the Quick
Connect dialog can be easily confused (CAN-2005-0131).
Impact :
A malicious server could create specially crafted channels, which
would exploit certain flaws in Konversation, potentially leading to the
execution of shell commands. A user could also unintentionally input
their password into the 'Nick' field in the Quick Connect dialog,
exposing his password to IRC users, and log files.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
# http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-34"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All Konversation users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/konversation-0.15.1'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:konversation");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/01/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/02/14");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"net-irc/konversation", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.15.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.15.1"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Konversation");
}