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FreeBSD : zeek -- potential DoS vulnerability (ef56065e-81fe-4731-a1e3-606c55925bef)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213067

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 ef56065e-81fe-4731-a1e3-606c55925bef advisory.

 Tim Wojtulewicz of Corelight reports:
 Large QUIC packets can cause Zeek to overflow memory and potentially crash. Due to the possibility of receiving these packets from remote hosts, this is a DoS risk.

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://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v7.0.5

http://www.nessus.org/u?4fbca94f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213067

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ef56065e81fe4731a1e3606c55925bef.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/17/2024

Updated: 12/17/2024

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: 12/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2024