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FreeBSD : libssh2 -- denial of service vulnerability (9770d6ac-614d-11e5-b379-14dae9d210b8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86080

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Synopsis

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

Description

Mariusz Ziulek reports :

A malicious attacker could man in the middle a real server and cause libssh2 using clients to crash (denial of service) or otherwise read and use completely unintended memory areas in this process.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.libssh2.org/adv_20150311.html

https://trac.libssh2.org/ticket/294

http://www.nessus.org/u?93f63756

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86080

File Name: freebsd_pkg_9770d6ac614d11e5b37914dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libssh2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1782