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FreeBSD : rsync -- off by one stack overflow (af8e3a0c-5009-11dc-8a43-003048705d5a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25942

Synopsis

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

Description

BugTraq reports :

The rsync utility is prone to an off-by-one buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly bounds-check user-supplied input.

Successfully exploiting this issue may allow arbitrary code-execution in the context of the affected utility.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d02ec6a6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25942

File Name: freebsd_pkg_af8e3a0c500911dc8a43003048705d5a.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/28/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rsync, 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: 8/21/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4091

BID: 25336