openSUSE 10 Security Update : claws-mail (claws-mail-4495)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27186

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a format string bug in the inc_put_error() function.
This bug is triggered when error messages from the POP3 server are displayed and can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2007-2958)

Solution

Update the affected claws-mail packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27186

File Name: suse_claws-mail-4495.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2958

Detections

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