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GLSA-201401-19 : GMime: Arbitrary code execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 72074

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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-201401-19 (GMime: Arbitrary code execution)

 GMime contains a buffer overflow flaw in the GMIME_UUENCODE_LEN macro in gmime/gmime-encodings.h.
 Impact :

 A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

GMime 2.4.x users on the PPC64 architecture should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/gmime-2.4.17' GMime 2.4.x users on other architectures should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/gmime-2.4.15' GMime 2.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/gmime-2.2.26' Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-19

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72074

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201401-19.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 1/22/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gmime, 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: 1/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0409

BID: 38078

CWE: 119

GLSA: 201401-19