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FreeBSD : file -- out-of-bounds access in search rules with offsets from input file (7e61a839-b714-11e3-8195-001966155bea)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73267

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Synopsis

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

Description

Aaron Reffett reports :

softmagic.c in file ... and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash) via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=31

http://www.nessus.org/u?03daea51

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73267

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7e61a839b71411e38195001966155bea.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/31/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2270