Debian DSA-2952-1 : kfreebsd-9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 74374

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FreeBSD kernel that may lead to a denial of service or possibly disclosure of kernel memory. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2014-1453 A remote, authenticated attacker could cause the NFS server become deadlocked, resulting in a denial of service.

- CVE-2014-3000 :
An attacker who can send a series of specifically crafted packets with a connection could cause a denial of service situation by causing the kernel to crash.

Additionally, because the undefined on stack memory may be overwritten by other kernel threads, while difficult, it may be possible for an attacker to construct a carefully crafted attack to obtain portion of kernel memory via a connected socket. This may result in the disclosure of sensitive information such as login credentials, etc. before or even without crashing the system.

- CVE-2014-3880 A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash (triple fault) with potential data loss, related to the execve/fexecve system calls. Reported by Ivo De Decker.

Solution

Upgrade the kfreebsd-9 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 9.0-10+deb70.7.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74374

File Name: debian_DSA-2952.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/9/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kfreebsd-9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1453, CVE-2014-3000, CVE-2014-3880

BID: 66726, 67153

DSA: 2952

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