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FreeBSD : hcode -- buffer overflow in mail.c (da4adc02-07f4-11ef-960d-5404a68ad561)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194916

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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 da4adc02-07f4-11ef-960d-5404a68ad561 advisory.

 - A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the putSDN() function of mail.c in hcode through 2.1.
 (CVE-2024-34020)

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://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223534

http://www.nessus.org/u?927bcf27

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194916

File Name: freebsd_pkg_da4adc0207f411ef960d5404a68ad561.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 5/2/2024

Updated: 5/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-34020

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ko-hcode, 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: 5/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-34020