FreeBSD : fetchmail -- 6.4.19 and older denial of service or information disclosure (cbfd1874-efea-11eb-8fe9-036bd763ff35)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152150

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Matthias Andree reports :

When a log message exceeds c. 2 kByte in size, for instance, with very long header contents, and depending on verbosity option, fetchmail can crash or misreport each first log message that requires a buffer reallocation.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152150

File Name: freebsd_pkg_cbfd1874efea11eb8fe9036bd763ff35.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/30/2021

Updated: 8/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fetchmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2711, CVE-2021-36386

CWE: 20

Detections

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