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FreeBSD : p5-Furl -- memory exhaustion vulnerability (7f156776-dd09-11f1-97dc-40b034429ecf)

high Nessus Plugin ID 378787

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 7f156776-dd09-11f1-97dc-40b034429ecf advisory.

 Furl project reports:
 Fix memory exhaustion via unbounded decompression of gzip/deflate responses, a.k.a. zip bomb (CVE-2026-65059.

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-65059

http://www.nessus.org/u?9c84db9c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 378787

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7f156776dd0911f197dc40b034429ecf.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/11/2026

Updated: 11/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-65059

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: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:p5-furl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-65059