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Debian DSA-841-1 : mailutils - format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 19845

Synopsis

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

Description

A format string vulnerability has been discovered in GNU mailutils which contains utilities for handling mail that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the IMAP server.

Solution

Upgrade the mailutils package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.1-4sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19845

File Name: debian_DSA-841.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2005

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailutils, 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: 10/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2878

DSA: 841