FreeBSD : GNU gatekeeper -- denial of service (342176a8-f464-11e1-8bd8-0022156e8794)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61762

Synopsis

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

Description

Jan Willamowius reports :

GNU Gatekeeper before 3.1 does not limit the number of connections to the status port, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection and thread consumption) via a large number of connections.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3534

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4

https://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?035599dc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61762

File Name: freebsd_pkg_342176a8f46411e18bd80022156e8794.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 9/4/2012

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:gatekeeper, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3534