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GLSA-200505-17 : Qpopper: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18381

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-200505-17 (Qpopper: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 Jens Steube discovered that Qpopper doesn't drop privileges to process local files from normal users (CAN-2005-1151). The upstream developers discovered that Qpopper can be forced to create group or world writeable files (CAN-2005-1152).
 Impact :

 A malicious local attacker could exploit Qpopper to overwrite arbitrary files as root or create new files which are group or world writeable.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Qpopper users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/qpopper-4.0.5-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18381

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200505-17.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 5/28/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1151, CVE-2005-1152

GLSA: 200505-17