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FreeBSD : bogofilter -- heap corruption by invalid base64 input (f524d8e0-3d83-11e2-807a-080027ef73ec)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63144

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Synopsis

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

Description

David Relson reports :

Fix a heap corruption in base64 decoder on invalid input. Analysis and patch by Julius Plenz, [FU Berlin, Germany].

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2012-01

http://www.nessus.org/u?99f73f44

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63144

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f524d8e03d8311e2807a080027ef73ec.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 12/4/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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:bogofilter, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bogofilter-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bogofilter-tc, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5468