Pine < 4.58 Multiple Overflows

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1326

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to an arbitrary 'command insertion' flaw.

Description

Pine versions 4.56 and below suffer from a vulnerability which allows an attacker to force the client to execute the attacker's code on the client's system. This issue is easily exploitable since the client will send it's version number by default allowing an attacker to easily identify potential targets.

Solution

Upgrade to Version 4.58 or higher

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 1326

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:university_of_washington:pine

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0720, CVE-2003-0721

BID: 8588, 8589

Detections

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