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Debian DSA-1728-1 : dkim-milter - improper assertion

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35752

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that dkim-milter, an implementation of the DomainKeys Identified Mail protocol, may crash during DKIM verification if it encounters a specially crafted or revoked public key record in DNS.

Solution

Upgrade the dkim-milter packages.

The old stable distribution (etch) does not contain dkim-milter packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0.dfsg-1+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1728

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35752

File Name: debian_DSA-1728.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dkim-milter, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0770

BID: 33337

DSA: 1728