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Debian DSA-553-1 : getmail - symlink vulnerability

low Nessus Plugin ID 15390

Synopsis

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

Description

A security problem has been discovered in getmail, a POP3 and APOP mail gatherer and forwarder. An attacker with a shell account on the victims host could utilise getmail to overwrite arbitrary files when it is running as root.

Solution

Upgrade the getmail package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=272561

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15390

File Name: debian_DSA-553.nasl

Version: 1.22

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: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:getmail

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0880, CVE-2004-0881

DSA: 553