FreeBSD : openafs -- multiple vulnerabilities (bcbd3fe0-2b46-11e6-ae88-002590263bf5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91477

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Synopsis

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

Description

The OpenAFS development team reports :

Foreign users can bypass access controls to create groups as system:administrators, including in the user namespace and the system:
namespace.

The contents of uninitialized memory are sent on the wire when clients perform certain RPCs. Depending on the RPC, the information leaked may come from kernel memory or userspace.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91477

File Name: freebsd_pkg_bcbd3fe02b4611e6ae88002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 6/6/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

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-2016-2860, CVE-2016-4536

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