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Debian DSA-861-1 : uw-imap - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 19969

Synopsis

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

Description

'infamous41md' discovered a buffer overflow in uw-imap, the University of Washington's IMAP Server that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the uw-imap packages.

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

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2002edebian1-11sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-861

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19969

File Name: debian_DSA-861.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:uw-imap, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2933

DSA: 861