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

🗓️ 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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SACK (Selective Acknowledgement) TCP/IP vulnerability in FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.as

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#
#ADV FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from vuxml or freebsd advisories
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisories, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
#

tag_insight = "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.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release
or security branch dated after the correction date

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc";

                                                                                
if(description)
{
 script_id(56240);
 script_version("$Revision: 8023 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-07 09:36:26 +0100 (Thu, 07 Dec 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
 script_bugtraq_id(16466);
 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");
 name = "FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:08.sack.asc)";
 script_name(name);



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 family = "FreeBSD Local Security Checks";
 script_family(family);
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsdpatchlevel", "login/SSH/success");
 script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");
vuln = 0;
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"5.4", patchlevel:"11")<0) {
    vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"5.3", patchlevel:"26")<0) {
    vuln = 1;
}

if(vuln) {
    security_message(0);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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04 Sep 2008 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
EPSS0.01362
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