FreeBSD : SA-04:06.ipv6 : setsockopt()

low Nessus Plugin ID 12613

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is running a version of FreeBSD 5.2 older than FreeBSD 5.2.1-p4

There is a programming error in the version of this kernel which may allow a local attacker to read portions of the kernel memory or to cause a system panic by misusing the setsockopt() system call on IPv6 sockets.

Solution

http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/2c6acefd-8194-11d8-9645-0020ed76ef5a.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 12613

File Name: freebsd_setsockopt_521_4.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.9

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/25/2013

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0370