FreeBSD : raptor2 -- buffer overflow (07c7ae7a-224b-11eb-aa6e-e0d55e2a8bf9)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142665

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Synopsis

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

Description

CVE MITRE reports :

raptor_xml_writer_start_element_common in raptor_xml_writer.c in Raptor RDF Syntax Library 2.0.15 miscalculates the maximum nspace declarations for the XML writer, leading to heap-based buffer overflows (sometimes seen in raptor_qname_format_as_xml).

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a3cb3161

http://www.nessus.org/u?839e5cf0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142665

File Name: freebsd_pkg_07c7ae7a224b11ebaa6ee0d55e2a8bf9.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/10/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18926

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:raptor2, 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: 11/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18926