FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- libfetch buffer overflow (22b41bc5-4279-11ea-b184-f8b156ac3ff9)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133708

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

A programming error allows an attacker who can specify a URL with a username and/or password components to overflow libfetch(3) buffers.
Impact : An attacker in control of the URL to be fetched (possibly via HTTP redirect) may cause a heap buffer overflow, resulting in program misbehavior or malicious code execution.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff7fbb5e

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133708

File Name: freebsd_pkg_22b41bc5427911eab184f8b156ac3ff9.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2020

Updated: 3/27/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:freebsd, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7450

FreeBSD: SA-20:01.libfetch