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FreeBSD : postsrsd -- Denial of service vulnerability (eb2845c4-43ce-11eb-aba5-00a09858faf5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144582

Synopsis

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

Description

postsrsd developer reports :

PostSRSd could be tricked into consuming a lot of CPU time with an SRS address that has an excessively long time stamp tag.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c51b39f8

https://github.com/roehling/postsrsd/releases/tag/1.10

http://www.nessus.org/u?7db49e49

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144582

File Name: freebsd_pkg_eb2845c443ce11ebaba500a09858faf5.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 12/23/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35573

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postsrsd, 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: 12/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35573