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openSUSE Security Update : fetchmail (fetchmail-1179)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40574

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of fetchmail improves SSL certificate validation to stop possible man-in-the-middle attacks by inserting \0-character in the certificate's subject name. (CVE-2009-2666)

Solution

Update the affected fetchmail packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528746

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40574

File Name: suse_11_1_fetchmail-090807.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fetchmail, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fetchmailconf, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2666

CWE: 310