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Debian DSA-902-1 : xmail - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22768

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the sendmail program of xmail, an advanced, fast and reliable ESMTP/POP3 mail server that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with group mail privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the xmail package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain xmail packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.21-3sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-902

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22768

File Name: debian_DSA-902.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2943

DSA: 902