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GLSA-201009-02 : Maildrop: privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49115

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201009-02 (Maildrop: privilege escalation)

 Christoph Anton Mitterer reported that maildrop does not properly drop its privileges when run as root.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could create a specially crafted .mailfilter file, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary commands with the 'root' group privileges. NOTE: Successful exploitation requires that maildrop is run as root with the -d option.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All maildrop users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-filter/maildrop-2.4.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201009-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49115

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201009-02.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 9/7/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:maildrop, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0301

CWE: 264

GLSA: 201009-02