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Debian DSA-083-1 : procmail - insecure signal handling

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14920

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Using older versions of procmail it was possible to make procmail crash by sending it signals. On systems where procmail is installed setuid this could be exploited to obtain unauthorized privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the procmail package immediately.

This problem has been fixed in version 3.20 by the upstream maintainer, included in Debian unstable, and was ported back to version 3.15.2 which is available for the stable Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14920

File Name: debian_DSA-083.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:procmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0905

DSA: 083