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FreeBSD : h2o -- fix DoS attack vector (08664d42-7989-11e6-b7a8-74d02b9a84d5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93494

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Synopsis

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

Description

Frederik Deweerdt reported a denial-of-service attack vector due to an unhandled error condition during socket connection.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://github.com/h2o/h2o/issues/1077

http://www.nessus.org/u?30be6101

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93494

File Name: freebsd_pkg_08664d42798911e6b7a874d02b9a84d5.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 9/15/2016

Updated: 1/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4864

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: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:h2o, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4864