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FreeBSD : chicken -- multiple vulnerabilities (c6932dd4-eaff-11e6-9ac1-a4badb2f4699)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 96995
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
Peter Bex reports :A buffer overflow error was found in the POSIX unit's procedures process-execute and process-spawn.
Additionally, a memory leak existed in this code, which would be triggered when an error is raised during argument and environment processing.
Irregex versions before 0.9.6 contain a resource exhaustion vulnerability: when compiling deeply nested regexes containing the '+' operator due to exponential expansion behaviour.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?61f358ab
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 96995
File Name: freebsd_pkg_c6932dd4eaff11e69ac1a4badb2f4699.nasl
Version: 3.4
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 2/6/2017
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chicken, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2016