FreeBSD : ChaSen -- buffer overflow (972837fc-c304-11e3-8758-00262d5ed8ee)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73488

Synopsis

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

Description

JVN iPedia reports :

ChaSen provided by Nara Institute of Science and Technology is a software for morphologically analyzing Japanese. ChaSen contains an issue when reading in strings, which may lead to a buffer overflow.

An arbitrary script may be executed by an attacker with access to a system that is running a product listed in 'Products Affected.'

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN16901583/index.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?e189186d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73488

File Name: freebsd_pkg_972837fcc30411e3875800262d5ed8ee.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/14/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chasen, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chasen-base, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4000