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FreeBSD : oftpd denial-of-service vulnerability (PORT command) (290d81b9-80f1-11d8-9645-0020ed76ef5a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36864

Synopsis

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

Description

Philippe Oechslin reported a denial-of-service vulnerability in oftpd.
The oftpd server can be crashed by sending a PORT command containing an integer over 8 bits long (over 255).

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.time-travellers.org/oftpd/oftpd-dos.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?a8f71c05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36864

File Name: freebsd_pkg_290d81b980f111d896450020ed76ef5a.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0376

BID: 9980