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FreeBSD : zoo -- stack based buffer overflow (d9307a41-c4d7-11da-b2fb-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21518

Synopsis

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

Description

Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux report a vulnerability within the zoo archiver. The vulnerability which is present in the fullpath() function (from the misc.c file) is caused by improper checking of user supplied data. The data returned to the buffer can be up to 512 bytes, while the buffer is created to hold 256 bytes. This could result in a buffer overflow which could allow remote code execution.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.guay-leroux.com/projects/zoo-advisory.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?74b8f845

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21518

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d9307a41c4d711dab2fb000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zoo, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0855

BID: 16790