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FreeBSD : socat -- buffer overflow with data from command line (a4c9e12d-88b7-11e3-8ada-10bf48e1088e)

low Nessus Plugin ID 72206

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Synopsis

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

Description

Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team reports :

Due to a missing check during assembly of the HTTP request line a long target server name in the PROXY-CONNECT address can cause a stack buffer overrun. Exploitation requires that the attacker is able to provide the target server name to the PROXY-CONNECT address in the command line. This can happen for example in scripts that receive data from untrusted sources.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv5.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?c505e35b

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72206

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a4c9e12d88b711e38ada10bf48e1088e.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0019