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FreeBSD : e2fsprogs -- potential buffer overflow in closefs() (2a4bcd7d-bbb8-11e4-903c-080027ef73ec)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81461

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Synopsis

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

Description

Theodore Ts'o reports :

On a carefully crafted filesystem that gets modified through tune2fs or debugfs, it is possible to trigger a buffer overrun when the file system is closed via closefs().

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?91b488fb

http://www.nessus.org/u?108e7d7c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81461

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2a4bcd7dbbb811e4903c080027ef73ec.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 2/24/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:e2fsprogs, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1572