FreeBSD : xshisen -- local buffer overflows (56971fa6-641c-11d9-a097-000854d03344)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18939

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp has found buffer overflows in the handling of the command line flag -KCONV and the XSHISENLIB environment variable. Ulf Harnhammer has detected an unbounded copy from the GECOS field to a char array. All overflows can be exploited to gain group games privileges.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18939

File Name: freebsd_pkg_56971fa6641c11d9a097000854d03344.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1053, CVE-2005-0117

Detections

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