FreeBSD : xv -- filename handling format string vulnerability (a4bd3039-9a48-11d9-a256-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19060

Synopsis

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

Description

A Gentoo Linux Security Advisory reports :

Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team identified a flaw in the handling of image filenames by xv.

Successful exploitation would require a victim to process a specially crafted image with a malformed filename, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-09

http://www.nessus.org/u?7a1921cf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19060

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a4bd30399a4811d9a2560001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-xv, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xv, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0665