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GLSA-202006-12 : GNU Mailutils: Privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 137449

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202006-12 (GNU Mailutils: Privilege escalation)

 GNU Mailutils runs maidag by default with setuid root permissions.
 Impact :

 An attacker can use this to write to arbitrary files as root.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GNU Mailutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/mailutils-3.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137449

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202006-12.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 6/17/2020

Updated: 3/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18862

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mailutils, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18862

GLSA: 202006-12