qpopper Options File Buffer Overflow

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1789

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote qpopper server, according to its banner, is running version 4.0.3 or version 4.0.4. These versions are vulnerable to a buffer overflow if they are configured to allow the processing of a user's ~/.qpopper-options file. A local user can cause a buffer overflow by setting the bulldir variable to something longer than 256 characters. *** This test could not confirm the existence of the problem - it relied on the banner being returned. ***

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version, or disable processing of user option files.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 1789

Family: POP Server

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 10948

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:qualcomm:qpopper

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0822, CVE-2001-1046

BID: 830, 2811

Detections

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