FreeBSD : redis -- HINCRBYFLOAT can be used to crash a redis-server process (96b2d4db-ddd2-11ed-b6ea-080027f5fec9)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 175277

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 96b2d4db-ddd2-11ed-b6ea-080027f5fec9 advisory.

- Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can use the `HINCRBYFLOAT` command to create an invalid hash field that will crash Redis on access in affected versions. This issue has been addressed in in versions 7.0.11, 6.2.12, and 6.0.19. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue. (CVE-2023-28856)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 175277

File Name: freebsd_pkg_96b2d4dbddd211edb6ea080027f5fec9.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 5/8/2023

Updated: 5/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28856

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:redis, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:redis62, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:redis6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28856

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