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FreeBSD : zeek -- Remote crash vulnerability (3e9624b3-e92b-4460-8a5a-93247c52c5a1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146792

Synopsis

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

Description

Jon Siwek of Corelight reports :

Fix ASCII Input reader's treatment of input files containing null-bytes. An input file containing null-bytes could lead to a buffer-over-read, crash Zeek, and be exploited to cause Denial of Service.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v3.0.13

http://www.nessus.org/u?af8ff099

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146792

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3e9624b3e92b44608a5a93247c52c5a1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/23/2021

Updated: 2/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021