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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc)

🗓️ 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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FreeBSD SACK (Selective Acknowledgement) allows hosts to acknowledge some packets, reducing retransmission cost, but an issue exists leading to TCP/IP stack infinite loop

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56240");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0433");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_name("FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdpatchlevel");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"SACK (Selective Acknowledgement) is an extension to the TCP/IP protocol
that allows hosts to acknowledge the receipt of some, but not all, of
the packets sent, thereby reducing the cost of retransmissions.

When insufficient memory is available to handle an incoming selective
acknowledgement, the TCP/IP stack may enter an infinite loop.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release
  or security branch dated after the correction date.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16466");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
  as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");

vuln = FALSE;

if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"5.4", patchlevel:"11")<0) {
  vuln = TRUE;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"5.3", patchlevel:"26")<0) {
  vuln = TRUE;
}

if(vuln) {
  security_message(port:0);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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