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Debian DSA-728-2 : qpopper - missing privilege release

high Nessus Plugin ID 18515

Synopsis

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

Description

This advisory does only cover updated packages for Debian 3.0 alias woody. For reference below is the original advisory text :

 Two bugs have been discovered in qpopper, an enhanced Post Office Protocol (POP3) server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2005-1151 Jens Steube discovered that while processing local files owned or provided by a normal user privileges weren't dropped, which could lead to the overwriting or creation of arbitrary files as root.

 - CAN-2005-1152

 The upstream developers noticed that qpopper could be tricked to creating group- or world-writable files.

Solution

Upgrade the qpopper package.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.4-2.woody.5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18515

File Name: debian_DSA-728.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qpopper, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2005

Reference Information

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

DSA: 728