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openSUSE Security Update : fetchmail (fetchmail-1996)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44667

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a heap-based overflow in fetchmail's sdump() function. It can be exploited while displaying detailed X.509 certification information to cause a crash or to probably execute arbitrary code too. (CVE-2010-0562: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.0 (low) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P): Buffer Errors (CWE-119))

Solution

Update the affected fetchmail packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578212

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44667

File Name: suse_11_2_fetchmail-100216.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2010

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fetchmail, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:fetchmailconf, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0562

CWE: 119