FreeBSD : liveMedia -- potential remote code execution (fa194483-dabd-11e8-bf39-5404a68ad561)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118478

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Synopsis

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

Description

Talos reports :

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the HTTP packet-parsing functionality of the LIVE555 RTSP server library. A specially crafted packet can cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0684

http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2018-October/021071.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?fbbf122c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118478

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fa194483dabd11e8bf395404a68ad561.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 10/29/2018

Updated: 2/2/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4013