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FreeBSD : dropbear -- exposure of sensitive information, DoS (8c9b48d1-3715-11e3-a624-00262d8b701d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70484

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Dropbear project reports :

A weakness and a vulnerability have been reported in Dropbear SSH Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information and cause a DoS.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4157027

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70484

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8c9b48d1371511e3a62400262d8b701d.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 10/18/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dropbear, 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: 10/17/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4421, CVE-2013-4434

BID: 62958, 62993

Secunia: 55173