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FreeBSD : neon date parsing vulnerability (8d075001-a9ce-11d8-9c6d-0020ed76ef5a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 38015

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Stefan Esser reports :

A vulnerability within a libneon date parsing function could cause a heap overflow which could lead to remote code execution, depending on the application using libneon.

The vulnerability is in the function ne_rfc1036_parse, which is in turn used by the function ne_httpdate_parse. Applications using either of these neon functions may be vulnerable.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?51e8cba5

http://www.nessus.org/u?f86c5326

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 38015

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8d075001a9ce11d89c6d0020ed76ef5a.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:neon, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:sitecopy, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0398

Secunia: 11785