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FreeBSD : procmail -- Heap-based buffer overflow (288f7cee-ced6-11e7-8ae9-0050569f0b83)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104731

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Synopsis

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

Description

MITRE reports :

A remote attacker could use a flaw to cause formail to crash, resulting in a denial of service or data loss.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511

http://www.nessus.org/u?63f92d9b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104731

File Name: freebsd_pkg_288f7ceeced611e78ae90050569f0b83.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 11/22/2017

Updated: 11/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16844

DSA: 4041