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GLSA-200509-10 : Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d

high Nessus Plugin ID 19742

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-200509-10 (Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d)

 The imap4d server contains a format string bug in the handling of IMAP SEARCH requests.
 Impact :

 An authenticated IMAP user could exploit the format string error in imap4d to execute arbitrary code as the imap4d user, which is usually root.
 Workaround :

 There are no known workarounds at this time.

Solution

All GNU Mailutils users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r2'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8c8d5481

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200509-10

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19742

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200509-10.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 9/17/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mailutils, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2878

GLSA: 200509-10