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FreeBSD : node -- multiple vulnerabilities (6d33b3e5-ea03-11e5-85be-14dae9d210b8)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89927

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jeremiah Senkpiel reports :

- Fix a double-free defect in parsing malformed DSA keys that may potentially be used for DoS or memory corruption attacks.

- Fix a defect that can cause memory corruption in certain very rare cases

- Fix a defect that makes the CacheBleed Attack possible

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e31f2d81

http://www.nessus.org/u?064bb7df

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89927

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6d33b3e5ea0311e585be14dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Published: 3/15/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0702, CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2016-0797