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FreeBSD : Erlang/OTP -- stack overflow in ei_s_print_term for very large integer terms (d87de755-64d4-11f1-ab11-4c526214c986)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 320577

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 d87de755-64d4-11f1-ab11-4c526214c986 advisory.

 https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-xcxj-5pg2-v72j reports:
 Fixed a stack overflow in ei_s_print_term in erl_interface for very large integer terms (more than 2000 hexadecimal digits long).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

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://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-xcxj-5pg2-v72j

http://www.nessus.org/u?7389a53c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 320577

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d87de75564d411f1ab114c526214c986.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/11/2026

Updated: 6/11/2026

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-2026-49760

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:erlang-runtime28, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:erlang-runtime27, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:erlang-runtime29

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-49760