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FreeBSD : bugzilla -- Social Engineering (60bfa396-c702-11e3-848c-20cf30e32f6d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73633

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Synopsis

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

Description

A Bugzilla Security Advisory reports : Dangerous control characters can be inserted into Bugzilla, notably into bug comments. If the text, which may look safe, is copied into a terminal such as xterm or gnome-terminal, then unexpected commands could be executed on the local machine.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=968576

http://www.nessus.org/u?f08281d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73633

File Name: freebsd_pkg_60bfa396c70211e3848c20cf30e32f6d.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/21/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bugzilla40, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bugzilla42, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:bugzilla44, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2014