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GLSA-200405-17 : Multiple vulnerabilities in metamail

high Nessus Plugin ID 14503

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-200405-17 (Multiple vulnerabilities in metamail)

 Ulf Harnhammar found two format string bugs and two buffer overflow bugs in Metamail.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a malicious email message and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the process calling the Metamail program.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All users of Metamail should upgrade to the latest stable version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-mail/metamail-2.7.45.3' # emerge '>=net-mail/metamail-2.7.45.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200405-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14503

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200405-17.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:metamail, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2004

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 200405-17