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FreeBSD : wireshark -- PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (a2d4a330-4d54-11de-8811-0030843d3802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38967

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in Wireshark, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the PCNFSD dissector and can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted PCNFSD packet.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?0e43c056

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38967

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a2d4a3304d5411de88110030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 6/1/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ethereal, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ethereal-lite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tethereal, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tethereal-lite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark-lite, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1829

Secunia: 35201