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FreeBSD : diffoscope -- arbitrary file write (077bbadf-f2f4-11e6-92a7-902b34361349)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97197

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Synopsis

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

Description

Ximin Luo reports :

[v67] introduced a security hole where diffoscope may write to arbitrary locations on disk depending on the contents of an untrusted archive.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854723

http://www.nessus.org/u?5cd49d5a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97197

File Name: freebsd_pkg_077bbadff2f411e692a7902b34361349.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 2/16/2017

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:py34-diffoscope, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py35-diffoscope, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py36-diffoscope, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0359