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Scientific Linux Security Update : fetchmail on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
medium Nessus Plugin ID 60662
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.Description
CVE-2007-4565 Fetchmail NULL pointer dereferenceCVE-2008-2711 fetchmail: Crash in large log messages in verbose mode
CVE-2009-2666 fetchmail: SSL null terminator bypass
It was discovered that fetchmail is affected by the previously published 'null prefix attack', caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in X.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially confuse fetchmail into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2009-2666)
A flaw was found in the way fetchmail handles rejections from a remote SMTP server when sending warning mail to the postmaster. If fetchmail sent a warning mail to the postmaster of an SMTP server and that SMTP server rejected it, fetchmail could crash. (CVE-2007-4565)
A flaw was found in fetchmail. When fetchmail is run in double verbose mode ('-v -v'), it could crash upon receiving certain, malformed mail messages with long headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service if fetchmail was also running in daemon mode ('-d'). (CVE-2008-2711)
If fetchmail is running in daemon mode, it must be restarted for this update to take effect (use the 'fetchmail --quit' command to stop the fetchmail process).
Solution
Update the affected fetchmail package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 60662
File Name: sl_20090908_fetchmail_on_SL3_x.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/1/2012
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2009