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FreeBSD : imap-uw -- University of Washington IMAP c-client Remote Format String Vulnerability (5ed2f96b-33b7-4863-8c6b-540d22344424)

high Nessus Plugin ID 38882

Synopsis

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

Description

SecurityFocus reports :

University of Washington IMAP c-client is prone to a remote format-string vulnerability because the software fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input before passing it as the format-specifier to a formatted-printing function.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?64c6f097

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 38882

File Name: freebsd_pkg_5ed2f96b33b748638c6b540d22344424.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 5/26/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imap-uw

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2009