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FreeBSD : zeek -- potential DoS vulnerability (fedf7e71-61bd-49ec-aaf0-6da14bdbb319)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189357

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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 fedf7e71-61bd-49ec-aaf0-6da14bdbb319 advisory.

 - Tim Wojtulewicz of Corelight reports: A specially-crafted series of packets containing nested MIME entities can cause Zeek to spend large amounts of time parsing the entities.
 (fedf7e71-61bd-49ec-aaf0-6da14bdbb319)

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://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v6.0.3

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe252520

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189357

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fedf7e7161bd49ecaaf06da14bdbb319.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 1/23/2024

Updated: 1/23/2024

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2024