Ubuntu 4.10 : emacs21 vulnerability (USN-76-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20698

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in the 'movemail' utility of Emacs. By sending specially crafted packets, a malicious POP3 server could cause a buffer overflow, which could have been exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user and the 'mail' group (since 'movemail' is installed as 'setgid mail').

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20698

File Name: ubuntu_USN-76-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-bin-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-nox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0100

USN: 76-1

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