Debian DSA-3452-1 : claws-mail - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 88110

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Synopsis

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

Description

'DrWhax' of the Tails project reported that Claws Mail is missing range checks in some text conversion functions. A remote attacker could exploit this to run arbitrary code under the account of a user that receives a message from them using Claws Mail.

Solution

Upgrade the claws-mail packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.1-2+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.11.1-3+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88110

File Name: debian_DSA-3452.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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 v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:claws-mail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, 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: 1/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8614

DSA: 3452

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