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openSUSE Security Update : claws-mail (openSUSE-2016-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87718

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for claws-mail fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2015-8614: buffer overrun issues in Japanese character set conversion code could allow an adversary to remotely crash claws and potentially have further unspecified impact (boo#959993)

Solution

Update the affected claws-mail packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959993

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87718

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-lang

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8614