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openSUSE Security Update : imap (imap-368)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 39987
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
Insufficient buffer length checks in the imap client library may crash applications that use the library to print formatted email addresses.The imap daemon itself is not affected but certain versions of e.g.
the php imap module are (CVE-2008-5514).
The client library could also crash when a rogue server unexpectedly closes the connection (CVE-2008-5006).
Solution
Update the affected imap packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 39987
File Name: suse_11_0_imap-081217.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/21/2009
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: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:imap-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:imap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:imap, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5006, CVE-2008-5514