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Debian DSA-848-1 : masqmail - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 19956

Synopsis

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

Description

Jens Steube discovered two vulnerabilities in masqmail, a mailer for hosts without permanent internet connection. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2005-2662 When sending failed mail messages, the address is not sanitised, which allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the mail user.

 - CAN-2005-2663

 When opening the log file, masqmail does not relinquish privileges, which allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Solution

Upgrade the masqmail package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.1.16-2.2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.2.20-1sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-848

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19956

File Name: debian_DSA-848.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:masqmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2662, CVE-2005-2663

DSA: 848