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FreeBSD : openslp -- denial of service vulnerability (3c259621-5d4a-11e5-9ad8-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85991

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Synopsis

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

Description

Qinghao Tang reports :

The function ParseExtension() in openslp 1.2.1 contains vulnerability:
an attacker can cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet with crafted 'nextoffset' value and 'extid' value.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/559

http://www.nessus.org/u?945f0c69

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85991

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3c2596215d4a11e59ad814dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 9/18/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5155