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FreeBSD : collectd5 -- Denial of service by sending a signed network packet to a server which is not set up to check signatures (08a2df48-6c6a-11e7-9b01-2047478f2f70)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101826

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Synopsis

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

Description

marcinguy reports :

After sending this payload, collectd seems to be entering endless while() loop in packet_parse consuming high CPU resources, possibly crash/gets killed after a while.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2174

http://www.nessus.org/u?056ac1e7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101826

File Name: freebsd_pkg_08a2df486c6a11e79b012047478f2f70.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 7/20/2017

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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:collectd5, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7401