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FreeBSD : global -- gozilla vulnerability (48cca164-e269-11e7-be51-6599c735afc8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105337

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Synopsis

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

Description

MITRE reports :

gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-global/2017-12/msg00001.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?a3cb85d3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105337

File Name: freebsd_pkg_48cca164e26911e7be516599c735afc8.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 12/18/2017

Updated: 11/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17531

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17531