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FreeBSD : Configobj -- Regular Expression Denial of Service attack (46419e8c-65d9-11ef-ac06-b0416f0c4c67)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206332

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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 46419e8c-65d9-11ef-ac06-b0416f0c4c67 advisory.

 [email protected] reports:
 All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the validate function, using (.+?)\((.*)\).**Note:** This is only exploitable in the case of a developer putting the offending value in a server side configuration file.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26112

http://www.nessus.org/u?f1d1f504

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206332

File Name: freebsd_pkg_46419e8c65d911efac06b0416f0c4c67.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/29/2024

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26112

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:py38-configobj, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py310-configobj, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py39-configobj, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py311-configobj

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: 8/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26112