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FreeBSD : openafs -- local DoS vulnerability (2e8fe57e-2b46-11e6-ae88-002590263bf5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91476

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Synopsis

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

Description

The OpenAFS development team reports :

Avoid a potential denial of service issue, by fixing a bug in pioctl logic that allowed a local user to overrun a kernel buffer with a single NUL byte.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.openafs.org/dl/1.6.16/RELNOTES-1.6.16

http://www.nessus.org/u?8e8fbc96

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91476

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2e8fe57e2b4611e6ae88002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 6/6/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8312