The MITRE CVE database describes CVE-2011-3208 as :
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the cyrus-imapd NNTP server, nntpd. A remote user able to use the nntpd service could use this flaw to crash the nntpd child process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the cyrus user.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2011-02.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(69561);
script_version("$Revision: 1.4 $");
script_cvs_date("$Date: 2015/01/30 14:43:52 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3208");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2011-02");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2011:1317");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : cyrus-impad (ALAS-2011-02)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The MITRE CVE database describes CVE-2011-3208 as :
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the cyrus-imapd NNTP server,
nntpd. A remote user able to use the nntpd service could use this flaw
to crash the nntpd child process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the cyrus user."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2011-2.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Run 'yum upgrade cyrus-imapd' to upgrade your system."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/10/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/04");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"cyrus-imapd-2.3.16-6.4.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"cyrus-imapd-debuginfo-2.3.16-6.4.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"cyrus-imapd-devel-2.3.16-6.4.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"cyrus-imapd-utils-2.3.16-6.4.amzn1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "cyrus-imapd / cyrus-imapd-debuginfo / cyrus-imapd-devel / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
amazon | linux | cyrus-imapd | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd |
amazon | linux | cyrus-imapd-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | cyrus-imapd-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd-devel |
amazon | linux | cyrus-imapd-utils | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-imapd-utils |
amazon | linux | cpe:/o:amazon:linux |