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FreeBSD : nsd -- buffer overflow vulnerability (37a8603d-4494-11de-bea7-000c29a67389)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38838

Synopsis

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

Description

NLnet Labs :

A one-byte buffer overflow has been reported in NSD. The problem affects all versions 2.0.0 to 3.2.1. The bug allows a carefully crafted exploit to bring down your DNS server. It is highly unlikely that this one byte overflow can lead to other (system) exploits.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e1d8bc1b

http://www.nessus.org/u?fea3e26c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38838

File Name: freebsd_pkg_37a8603d449411debea7000c29a67389.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 5/20/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nsd2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1755

CWE: 189