Debian DSA-3019-1 : procmail - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 77547

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Boris 'pi' Piwinger and Tavis Ormandy reported a heap overflow vulnerability in procmail's formail utility when processing specially crafted email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to crash, resulting in a denial of service or data loss, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the procmail packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22-20+deb7u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77547

File Name: debian_DSA-3019.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/5/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:procmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3618

BID: 69573

DSA: 3019

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