FreeBSD : net/openafs -- buffer overflow (0bf376b7-cc6b-11e2-a424-14dae938ec40)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66769

Synopsis

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

Description

Nickolai Zeldovich reports :

An attacker with the ability to manipulate AFS directory ACLs may crash the fileserver hosting that volume. In addition, once a corrupt ACL is placed on a fileserver, its existence may crash client utilities manipulating ACLs on that server.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2013-001.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?b7640803

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66769

File Name: freebsd_pkg_0bf376b7cc6b11e2a42414dae938ec40.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 6/3/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1794