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Debian DSA-215-1 : cyrus-imapd - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15052

Synopsis

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

Description

Timo Sirainen discovered a buffer overflow in the Cyrus IMAP server, which could be exploited by a remote attacker prior to logging in. A malicious user could craft a request to run commands on the server under the UID and GID of the cyrus server.

Solution

Upgrade the cyrus-imapd package.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.19-9.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.19-2.2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-215

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15052

File Name: debian_DSA-215.nasl

Version: 1.26

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: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyrus-imapd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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: 12/23/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1580

BID: 6298

CERT: 740169

DSA: 215