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GLSA-200903-13 : MPFR: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 35811

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-13 (MPFR: Denial of Service)

 Multiple buffer overflows have been reported in the mpfr_snprintf() and mpfr_vsnprintf() functions.
 Impact :

 A remote user could exploit the vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service in an application using MPFR via unknown vectors.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MPRF users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/mpfr-2.4.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35811

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200903-13.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/10/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mpfr, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0757

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200903-13