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FreeBSD : potrace -- multiple memory failure (f4eb9a25-fde0-11e6-9ad0-b8aeed92ecc4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97457

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Synopsis

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

Description

potrace reports :

CVE-2016-8685: invalid memory access in findnext

CVE-2016-8686: memory allocation failure

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://sourceforge.net/p/potrace/news/2017/02/potrace-114-released/

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a6fccf1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97457

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f4eb9a25fde011e69ad0b8aeed92ecc4.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 3/1/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8685, CVE-2016-8686