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Debian DSA-083-1 : procmail - insecure signal handling

🗓️ 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Debian DSA-083-1 warns of insecure signal handling in procmail; update recommended.

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CVE
CVE-2001-0905
25 Jun 200204:00
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CVE-2001-0905
25 Jun 200204:00
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EUVD
EUVD-2001-0888
7 Oct 202500:30
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Tenable Nessus
Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : procmail (MDKSA-2001:085)
31 Jul 200400:00
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CVE-2001-0905
18 Oct 200104:00
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 083-1 (procmail)
17 Jan 200800:00
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 083-1 (procmail)
17 Jan 200800:00
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-083. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(14920);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0905");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"083");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-083-1 : procmail - insecure signal handling");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Using older versions of procmail it was possible to make procmail
 crash by sending it signals. On systems where procmail is installed
 setuid this could be exploited to obtain unauthorized privileges."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-083"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the procmail package immediately.

This problem has been fixed in version 3.20 by the upstream
maintainer, included in Debian unstable, and was ported back to
version 3.15.2 which is available for the stable Debian GNU/Linux 2.2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:procmail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2001/10/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"procmail", reference:"3.15.2-1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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