CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : procmail (CESA-2014:1172)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77609

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated procmail packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The procmail program is used for local mail delivery. In addition to just delivering mail, procmail can be used for automatic filtering, presorting, and other mail handling jobs.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail utility. A remote attacker could send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed by formail, could cause procmail to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running formail.
(CVE-2014-3618)

All procmail users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected procmail package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77609

File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1172.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 9/11/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3618

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:procmail, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3618

BID: 69573

RHSA: 2014:1172

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