FreeBSD : quake2 -- multiple critical vulnerabilities (2c25e762-6bb9-11d9-93db-000a95bc6fae)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18886

Synopsis

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

Description

An advisory published by Richard Stanway describes numerous critical vulnerabilities in the Quake II engine :

Due to unchecked input at various stages in the server, remote users are able to cause the server to crash, reveal sensitive information or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7b99fc95

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109892527321706

http://www.nessus.org/u?4cc39c47

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18886

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2c25e7626bb911d993db000a95bc6fae.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:quake2forge, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:quake2lnx, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2004