FreeBSD : grip -- CDDB response multiple matches buffer overflow vulnerability (bcf27002-94c3-11d9-a9e0-0001020eed82)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19101

Synopsis

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

Description

Joseph VanAndel reports that grip is vulnerability to a buffer overflow vulnerability when receiving more than 16 CDDB responses.
This could lead to a crash in grip and potentially execution arbitrary code.

A workaround is to disable CDDB lookups.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78976a2e

http://www.nessus.org/u?eb11a33d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19101

File Name: freebsd_pkg_bcf2700294c311d9a9e00001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:grip, 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: 3/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0706

BID: 12770