Debian DSA-3175-1 : kfreebsd-9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 81555

Synopsis

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

Description

Mateusz Kocielski and Marek Kroemeke discovered that an integer overflow in IGMP processing may result in denial of service through malformed IGMP packets.

Solution

Upgrade the kfreebsd-9 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 9.0-10+deb70.9.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/kfreebsd-9

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3175

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81555

File Name: debian_DSA-3175.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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: 2/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1414

BID: 72777

DSA: 3175