FreeBSD : kaffeine -- buffer overflow vulnerability (4bfcd857-c628-11da-b2fb-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21426

Synopsis

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

Description

The KDE team reports :

Kaffeine can produce a buffer overflow in http_peek() while creating HTTP request headers for fetching remote playlists, which under certain circumstances could be used to crash the application and/or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060404-1.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?e4195949

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21426

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4bfcd857c62811dab2fb000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:kaffeine

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0051

BID: 17372