Debian DSA-995-1 : metamail - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22861

Synopsis

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

Description

Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in metamail, an implementation of MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions), that could lead to a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code when processing messages.

Solution

Upgrade the metamail package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-45woody.4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-47sarge1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22861

File Name: debian_DSA-995.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:metamail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0709

BID: 16611

DSA: 995

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