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SuSE 11 Security Update : gmime (SAT Patch Number 1998)

high Nessus Plugin ID 44908

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of gmime fixes a buffer overflow in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro which allowed possible code execution while processing uuencoded data. (CVE-2010-0409: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.8)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1998.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576923

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0409.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44908

File Name: suse_11_gmime-100215.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gmime-sharp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gmime, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:gmime-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libgmime-2_0-3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0409

CWE: 119