Debian DSA-2325-1 : kfreebsd-8 - privilege escalation/denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 56586

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Synopsis

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

Description

Buffer overflow in the 'Linux emulation' support in FreeBSD kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code by calling the bind system call with a long path for a UNIX-domain socket, which is not properly handled when the address is used by other unspecified system calls.

Solution

Upgrade the kfreebsd-8 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 8.1+dfsg-8+squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56586

File Name: debian_DSA-2325.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/24/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kfreebsd-8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4062

BID: 49862

DSA: 2325

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