Debian DLA-2234-1 : netqmail security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 137154

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

There were several CVE bugs reported against src:netqmail.

CVE-2005-1513

Integer overflow in the stralloc_readyplus function in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large SMTP request.

CVE-2005-1514

commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index.

CVE-2005-1515

Integer signedness error in the qmail_put and substdio_put functions in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of SMTP RCPT TO commands.

CVE-2020-3811

qmail-verify as used in netqmail 1.06 is prone to a mail-address verification bypass vulnerability.

CVE-2020-3812

qmail-verify as used in netqmail 1.06 is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. A local attacker can test for the existence of files and directories anywhere in the filesystem because qmail-verify runs as root and tests for the existence of files in the attacker's home directory, without dropping its privileges first.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.06-6.2~deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your netqmail packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected qmail, and qmail-uids-gids packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 137154

File Name: debian_DLA-2234.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/5/2020

Updated: 3/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3811

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-1513

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qmail-uids-gids

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1513, CVE-2005-1514, CVE-2005-1515, CVE-2020-3811, CVE-2020-3812

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