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Debian DSA-2021-1 : spamass-milter - missing input sanitization

high Nessus Plugin ID 45134

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Synopsis

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

Description

A missing input sanitization in spamass-milter, a milter used to filter mail through spamassassin, was discovered. This allows a remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands.

Solution

Upgrade the spamass-milter package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.1-8+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573228

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2021

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 45134

File Name: debian_DSA-2021.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamass-milter, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1132

DSA: 2021