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RHEL 2.1 : metamail (RHSA-2004:073)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12471

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated metamail packages that fix a number of vulnerabilities are now available.

Metamail is a system for handling multimedia mail.

Ulf Harnhammar discovered two format string bugs and two buffer overflow bugs in versions of Metamail up to and including 2.7. An attacker could create a carefully-crafted message such that when it is opened by a victim and parsed through Metamail, it runs arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-0104 (format strings) and CVE-2004-0105 (buffer overflows) to these issues.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported security patch and are not vulnerable to these issues. Please note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not contain Metamail and is therefore not vulnerable to these issues.

Red Hat would like to thank Ulf Harnhammar for the notification and patch for these issues.

Solution

Update the affected metamail package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0104

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0105

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107713476911429

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:073

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12471

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-073.nasl

Version: 1.30

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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:metamail, 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: 2/18/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0104, CVE-2004-0105

RHSA: 2004:073