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GLSA-200502-29 : Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 17206

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-29 (Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple overflow vulnerabilities)

 Possible single byte overflows have been found in the imapd annotate extension and mailbox handling code. Furthermore stack-based buffer overflows have been found in fetchnews, the backend and imapd.
 Impact :

 An attacker, who could be an authenticated user or an admin of a peering news server, could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the Cyrus IMAP Server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cyrus IMAP Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/cyrus-imapd-2.2.12'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a7a8533e

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-29

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17206

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-29.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 2/23/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cyrus-imapd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0546

GLSA: 200502-29