FreeBSD : pound remotely exploitable vulnerability (fb521119-9bc4-11d8-9366-0020ed76ef5a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37892

Synopsis

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

Description

An unknown remotely exploitable vulnerability was disclosed. Robert Segall writes :

a security vulnerability was brought to my attention (many thanks to Akira Higuchi). Everyone running any previous version should upgrade to 1.6 immediately - the vulnerability may allow a remote exploit. No exploits are currently known and none have been observed in the wild till now. The danger is minimised if you run Pound in a root jail and/or you run Pound as non-root user.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0576a3d9

http://www.nessus.org/u?436c1443

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37892

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fb5211199bc411d893660020ed76ef5a.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2003