Debian DSA-1061-1 : popfile - missing input sanitising. Crashes through malformed character sets in email messages, allows denial of service
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 9 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2006-0876 | 24 Feb 200611:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1061-1 (popfile) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1061-1) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CVE-2006-0876 | 24 Feb 200600:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 1061-1] New popfile packages fix denial of service | 19 May 200618:29 | – | debian |
![]() | popfile - missing input sanitising | 19 May 200600:00 | – | osv |
![]() | Code injection | 24 Feb 200611:02 | – | prion |
![]() | CVE-2006-0876 | 24 Feb 200611:02 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2006-0876 | 24 Feb 200611:02 | – | cve |
#%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-1061. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(22603);
script_version("1.15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0876");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1061");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1061-1 : popfile - missing input sanitising");
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:
"It has been discovered that popfile, a bayesian mail classifier, can
be forced into a crash through malformed character sets within email
messages, which allows denial of service."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354464"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1061"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the popfile package.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain popfile packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.22.2-2sarge1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:popfile");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/05/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/10/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/02/22");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 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:"3.1", prefix:"popfile", reference:"0.22.2-2sarge1")) 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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