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Oracle Linux 5 : squirrelmail (ELSA-2009-1066)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67865

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-1066 advisory.

 - fix broken patch for CVE-2009-1579
 - fix broken patch for CVE-2009-1579
 - fix: CVE-2009-1581 : CSS positioning vulnerability
 - fix: CVE-2009-1579 : Server-side code injection in map_yp_alias username map

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected squirrelmail package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-1066.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67865

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1066.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1579

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-1578

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squirrelmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1578, CVE-2009-1579, CVE-2009-1581

RHSA: 2009:1066