Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bogofilter (MDVSA-2013:064)

high Nessus Plugin ID 66078

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated bogofilter package fixes security vulnerability :

In bogofilter before 1.2.3, bogofilter's/bogolexer's base64 could overwrite heap memory in the character set conversion in certain pathological cases of invalid base64 code that decodes to incomplete multibyte characters (CVE-2012-5468).

Solution

Update the affected bogofilter package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 66078

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-064.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/20/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bogofilter

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5468

BID: 56804

MDVSA: 2013:064

MGASA: 2012-0363

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