RHEL 2.1 : elm (RHSA-2005:755)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19544

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated elm package is now available that fixes a buffer overflow issue for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS and AW.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Elm is a terminal mode email client.

A buffer overflow flaw in Elm was discovered that was triggered by viewing a mailbox containing a message with a carefully crafted 'Expires' header. An attacker could create a malicious message that would execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who received it. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2665 to this issue.

Users of Elm should update to this updated package, which contains a backported patch that corrects this issue.

Solution

Update the affected elm package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19544

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-755.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2665

RHSA: 2005:755

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