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Citadel < 7.11 makeuserkey Function RCPT TO Command Remote Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4352

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running Citadel, a messaging software for Unix systems. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the remote version of this software that may be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host. The flaw stems from a flaw when handling user-supplied 'RCPT TO' data. The application cannot handle 'RCPT TO' strings that are greater than 4096 bytes.

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.11 or higher.

See Also

http://www.citadel.org

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4352

Family: CGI

Published: 1/22/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 30123

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:citadel:smtp

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0394

BID: 27376