pfSense < 2.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA-18_01 / SA-18_02 / SA-18_03) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109038

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Synopsis

The remote firewall host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote pfSense install is a version prior to 2.4.3 It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as stated in the referenced vendor advisories.

Solution

Upgrade to pfSense version 2.4.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109038

File Name: pfsense_SA-18_03.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 4/13/2018

Updated: 7/25/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pfsense:pfsense, cpe:/a:bsdperimeter:pfsense

Required KB Items: Host/pfSense

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2018-6916

BID: 103513

FreeBSD: SA-18:01.ipsec, SA-18:03.speculative_execution

IAVA: 2018-A-0019, 2018-A-0020

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