Debian DSA-793-1 : courier - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19563

Synopsis

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

Description

Jakob Balle discovered a vulnerability in the handling of attachments in sqwebmail, a web mail application provided by the courier mail suite, which can be exploited by an attacker to conduct script insertion attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the sqwebmail package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.37.3-2.6.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.47-4sarge2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19563

File Name: debian_DSA-793.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:courier, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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: 9/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2724, CVE-2005-2769, CVE-2005-2820

BID: 14676

DSA: 793

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