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FreeBSD : PptiPNG -- Global-buffer-overflow (fe7ac70a-792b-11ee-bf9a-a04a5edf46d9)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184385

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fe7ac70a-792b-11ee-bf9a-a04a5edf46d9 advisory.

 - OptiPNG v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the 'buffer' variable at gifread.c.
 (CVE-2023-43907)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43907

http://www.nessus.org/u?5e822951

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184385

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fe7ac70a792b11eebf9aa04a5edf46d9.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/3/2023

Updated: 11/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43907

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43907