Timo Sirainen discovered a buffer overflow in the Cyrus IMAP server, which could be exploited by a remote attacker prior to logging in. A malicious user could craft a request to run commands on the server under the UID and GID of the cyrus server.
#%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-215. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(15052);
script_version("1.26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1580");
script_bugtraq_id(6298);
script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"740169");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"215");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-215-1 : cyrus-imapd - buffer overflow");
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:
"Timo Sirainen discovered a buffer overflow in the Cyrus IMAP server,
which could be exploited by a remote attacker prior to logging in. A
malicious user could craft a request to run commands on the server
under the UID and GID of the cyrus server."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-215"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the cyrus-imapd package.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 1.5.19-9.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.5.19-2.2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyrus-imapd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2002/12/23");
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:"cyrus-admin", reference:"1.5.19-2.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"cyrus-common", reference:"1.5.19-2.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"cyrus-dev", reference:"1.5.19-2.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"cyrus-imapd", reference:"1.5.19-2.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"cyrus-nntp", reference:"1.5.19-2.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"cyrus-pop3d", reference:"1.5.19-2.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"cyrus-admin", reference:"1.5.19-9.1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"cyrus-common", reference:"1.5.19-9.1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"cyrus-dev", reference:"1.5.19-9.1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"cyrus-imapd", reference:"1.5.19-9.1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"cyrus-nntp", reference:"1.5.19-9.1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"cyrus-pop3d", reference:"1.5.19-9.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | cyrus-imapd | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyrus-imapd |
debian | debian_linux | 2.2 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2 |
debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0 |