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Debian: CVE-2018-14055: znc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-14055: znc -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/14/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/20/2018
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

ZNC 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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-znc

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