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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cyrus-imapd (MDKSA-2005:051)

high Nessus Plugin ID 17280

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Several overruns have been fixed in the IMAP annote extension as well as in cached header handling which can be run by an authenticated user. As well, additional bounds checking in fetchnews was improved to avoid exploitation by a peer news admin.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17280

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-051.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/6/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cyrus-imapd-utils, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cyrus-imapd-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cyrus-imapd-murder, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-cyrus, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cyrus-imapd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cyrus-imapd-nntp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0546

MDKSA: 2005:051