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FreeBSD : py-Scrapy -- DoS vulnerability (4eb5dccb-923c-4f18-9cd4-b53f9e28d4d7)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180372

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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 4eb5dccb-923c-4f18-9cd4-b53f9e28d4d7 advisory.

 - Scrapy 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large files because arbitrarily many files are read into memory, which is especially problematic if the files are then individually written in a separate thread to a slow storage resource, as demonstrated by interaction between dataReceived (in core/downloader/handlers/http11.py) and S3FilesStore. (CVE-2017-14158)

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.

See Also

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h7wm-ph43-c39p

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-83

http://www.nessus.org/u?bb402150

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180372

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4eb5dccb923c4f189cd4b53f9e28d4d7.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 8/31/2023

Updated: 8/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14158

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:py310-scrapy, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py311-scrapy, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py37-scrapy, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py38-scrapy, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py39-scrapy, 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: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14158