GLSA-200504-10 : Gld: Remote execution of arbitrary code

critical Nessus Plugin ID 18043

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-200504-10 (Gld: Remote execution of arbitrary code)

dong-hun discovered several buffer overflows in server.c, as well as several format string vulnerabilities in cnf.c.
Impact :

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gld, the default user being root.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Gld users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-filter/gld-1.5'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 18043

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-10.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gld, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (GLD (Greylisting Daemon) Postfix Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1099, CVE-2005-1100

GLSA: 200504-10

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