Detections
Analytics

FreeBSD : gedit -- format string vulnerability (e319da0b-a228-11da-b410-000e0c2e438a)

low Nessus Plugin ID 21524

Synopsis

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

Description

Yan Feng reports a format string vulnerability in gedit. This vulnerability could cause a denial of service with a binary file that contains format string characters within the filename. It had been reported that web browsers and email clients can be configured to provide a filename as an argument to gedit.:

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0fb8506f

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 21524

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e319da0ba22811dab410000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1686