FreeBSD : tidy -- heap-buffer-overflow (bd1ab7a5-0e01-11e5-9976-a0f3c100ae18)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84044

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Synopsis

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

Description

Geoff McLane reports :

tidy is affected by a write out of bounds when processing malformed html files.

This issue could be abused on server side applications that use php-tidy extension with user input.

The issue was confirmed, analyzed, and fixed by the tidy5 maintainer.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84044

File Name: freebsd_pkg_bd1ab7a50e0111e59976a0f3c100ae18.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 6/9/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tidy-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tidy-html5, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tidy-lib, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tidy4, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5522, CVE-2015-5523

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