RHEL 2.1 : fetchmail (RHSA-2002:294)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12342

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated Fetchmail packages are available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server which close a remotely-exploitable vulnerability in unpatched versions of Fetchmail prior to 6.2.0.

[Updated 06 Feb 2003] Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation

Fetchmail is a remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility intended for use over on-demand TCP/IP links such as SLIP and PPP connections.
A bug has been found in the header parsing code in versions of Fetchmail prior to 6.2.0.

The bug allows a remote attacker to crash Fetchmail and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a carefully crafted email which is parsed by Fetchmail.

All users of Fetchmail are advised to upgrade to the errata packages containing a backported fix which corrects this issue.

Solution

Update the affected fetchmail and / or fetchmailconf packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12342

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2002-294.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fetchmail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fetchmailconf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1365

RHSA: 2002:294

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