FreeBSD : neon -- NULL pointer dereference in Digest domain support (755fa519-80a9-11dd-8de5-0030843d3802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34188

Synopsis

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

Description

Joe Orton reports :

A NULL pointer deference in the Digest authentication support in neon versions 0.28.0 through 0.28.2 inclusive allows a malicious server to crash a client application, resulting in possible denial of service.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34188

File Name: freebsd_pkg_755fa51980a911dd8de50030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 9/12/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:neon28, 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: 9/12/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3746

BID: 30710

CWE: 20

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