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Debian DSA-732-1 : mailutils - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18519

Synopsis

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

Description

'infamous41md' discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils package which contains utilities for handling mail. These problems can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities.

 - CAN-2005-1520 Buffer overflow mail header handling may allow a remote attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the targeted user.

 - CAN-2005-1521

 Combined integer and heap overflow in the fetch routine can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

 - CAN-2005-1522

 Denial of service in the fetch routine.

 - CAN-2005-1523

 Format string vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the mailutils packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20020409-1woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18519

File Name: debian_DSA-732.nasl

Version: 1.23

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: High

Score: 8.5

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:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailutils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1520, CVE-2005-1521, CVE-2005-1522, CVE-2005-1523

DSA: 732