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Debian DSA-386-1 : libmailtools-perl - input validation bug

high Nessus Plugin ID 15223

Synopsis

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

Description

The SuSE security team discovered during an audit a bug in Mail::Mailer, a Perl module used for sending email, whereby potentially untrusted input is passed to a program such as mailx, which may interpret certain escape sequences as commands to be executed.

This bug has been fixed by removing support for programs such as mailx as a transport for sending mail. Instead, alternative mechanisms are used.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.44-1woody1.

We recommend that you update your libmailtools-perl package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-386

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15223

File Name: debian_DSA-386.nasl

Version: 1.18

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:libmailtools-perl

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1271

BID: 6104

DSA: 386