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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : elm mailer (SSA:2005-311-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20163

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New Elm packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. A buffer overflow in the parsing of the Expires header could allow arbitrary code to be executed as the user running Elm.

Solution

Update the affected elm package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7f0054b1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20163

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-311-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/8/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:elm, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2005

Reference Information

SSA: 2005-311-01