FreeBSD : SA-04:16.fetch

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15761

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is running a version of FreeBSD which contains a flaw in the 'fetch' utility.

'fetch' is a command-line tool used to retrieve data at a given URL. It is used (among others) by the FreeBSD port collection.

There is an integer overflow condition in the processing of HTTP headers which may result in a buffer overflow.

An attacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host. To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to lure a victim on the remote host into downloading a URL from a malicious web server using this utility.

Solution

http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/759b8dfe-3972-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15761

File Name: freebsd_fetch.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.10

Published: 11/18/2004

Updated: 10/6/2010

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1053

BID: 11702