FreeBSD : Apache APR -- DoS vulnerabilities (38560d79-0e42-11e1-902b-20cf30e32f6d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56805

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VPR Score: 2.2

Synopsis

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

Description

The Apache Portable Runtime Project reports :

Reimplement apr_fnmatch() from scratch using a non-recursive algorithm; now has improved compliance with the fnmatch() spec.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/Announcement0.9.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f4c6c3b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56805

File Name: freebsd_pkg_38560d790e4211e1902b20cf30e32f6d.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 2.2

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:apr0, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0419