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FreeBSD : websocket-extensions -- ReDoS vulnerability (ca8327f7-a5a5-11ea-a860-08002728f74c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137127

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Changelog :

Remove a ReDoS vulnerability in the header parser (CVE-2020-7663)

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6b4c4fe0

http://www.nessus.org/u?70c5e9ef

http://www.nessus.org/u?40536f99

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137127

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ca8327f7a5a511eaa86008002728f74c.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 6/4/2020

Updated: 3/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7663

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-websocket-extensions, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7663