CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: procmail (CVE-2017-16844)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 201574

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of procmail installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2017-16844 advisory.

- Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a hardcoded realloc size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3618.
(CVE-2017-16844)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16844

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 201574

File Name: mariner_CVE-2017-16844.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:procmail-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:procmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16844