FreeBSD : lftp HTML parsing vulnerability (d7af61c8-2cc0-11d8-9355-0020ed76ef5a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37677

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow exists in lftp which may be triggered when requesting a directory listing from a malicious server over HTTP.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://lftp.yar.ru/news.html#2.6.10

http://www.nessus.org/u?00320fe9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37677

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d7af61c82cc011d893550020ed76ef5a.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0963