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GLSA-201507-12 : libCapsiNetwork: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 84718

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201507-12 (libCapsiNetwork: Denial of Service)

 An off-by-one buffer overflow in libcapsinetwork network handling code is discovered.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to application, that is linked with libcapsinetwork, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo discontinued support for libCapsiNetwork.
 We recommend that users unmerge it:
 # emerge --unmerge 'net-libs/libcapsinetwork'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84718

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201507-12.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 7/14/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libcapsinetwork, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0841

BID: 73310

GLSA: 201507-12