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GLSA-200903-25 : Courier Authentication Library: SQL Injection vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35912

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-25 (Courier Authentication Library: SQL Injection vulnerability)

 It has been reported that some parameters used in SQL queries are not properly sanitized before being processed when using a non-Latin locale Postgres database.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send specially crafted input to an application using the library, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary SQL commands.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Courier Authentication Library users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/courier-authlib-0.62.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-25

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35912

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200903-25.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/12/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:courier-authlib, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2380

CWE: 89

GLSA: 200903-25