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FreeBSD : wireshark -- SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (baece347-c489-11dd-a721-0030843d3802)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35058
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
Secunia reports :A vulnerability has been reported in Wireshark, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the SMTP dissector and can be exploited to trigger the execution of an infinite loop via a large SMTP packet.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35058
File Name: freebsd_pkg_baece347c48911dda7210030843d3802.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 12/8/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ethereal, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ethereal-lite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tethereal, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tethereal-lite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark-lite
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5285