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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : procmail (SAT Patch Number 9689)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77723

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

procmail was updated to fix a security issue in its formail helper.

 - When formail processed specially crafted e-mail headers a heap corruption could be triggered, which would lead to a crash of formail. (CVE-2014-3618)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9689.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894999

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3618.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77723

File Name: suse_11_procmail-140904.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:procmail

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3618