‘infamous41md’ discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils package which contains utilities for handling mail. These problems can lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities.
CAN-2005-1520 Buffer overflow mail header handling may allow a remote attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the targeted user.
CAN-2005-1521
Combined integer and heap overflow in the fetch routine can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CAN-2005-1522
Denial of service in the fetch routine.
CAN-2005-1523
Format string vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
#%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-732. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(18519);
script_version("1.23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1520", "CVE-2005-1521", "CVE-2005-1522", "CVE-2005-1523");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"732");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-732-1 : mailutils - several vulnerabilities");
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:
"'infamous41md' discovered several vulnerabilities in the GNU mailutils
package which contains utilities for handling mail. These problems can
lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
vulnerabilities.
- CAN-2005-1520
Buffer overflow mail header handling may allow a remote
attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the
targeted user.
- CAN-2005-1521
Combined integer and heap overflow in the fetch routine
can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
- CAN-2005-1522
Denial of service in the fetch routine.
- CAN-2005-1523
Format string vulnerability can lead to the execution of
arbitrary code."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-732"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the mailutils packages.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 20020409-1woody2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailutils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/06/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/06/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/05/25");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 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:"3.0", prefix:"libmailutils0", reference:"20020409-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libmailutils0-dev", reference:"20020409-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mailutils", reference:"20020409-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mailutils-doc", reference:"20020409-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mailutils-imap4d", reference:"20020409-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"mailutils-pop3d", reference:"20020409-1woody2")) 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 | mailutils | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailutils |
debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0 |