CVE-2018-14055

NameCVE-2018-14055
DescriptionZNC before 1.7.1-rc1 does not properly validate untrusted lines coming from the network, allowing a non-admin user to escalate his privilege and inject rogue values into znc.conf.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1427-1, DSA-4252-1
NVD severitymedium
Debian Bugs903787

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
znc (PTS)stretch (security), stretch1.6.5-1+deb9u2fixed
buster1.7.2-3fixed
bullseye, sid1.8.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
zncsourcejessie1.4-2+deb8u1DLA-1427-1
zncsourcestretch1.6.5-1+deb9u1DSA-4252-1
zncsource(unstable)1.7.1-1903787

Notes

https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/a7bfbd93812950b7444841431e8e297e62cb524e
https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/d22fef8620cdd87490754f607e7153979731c69d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/18/4
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