7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.896 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.8%
A format string vulnerability has been discovered in GNU mailutils which contains utilities for handling mail that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the IMAP 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-841. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(19845);
script_version("1.21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2878");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"841");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-841-1 : mailutils - format string vulnerability");
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:
"A format string vulnerability has been discovered in GNU mailutils
which contains utilities for handling mail that allows a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary code on the IMAP server."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-841"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the mailutils package.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.6.1-4sarge1."
);
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:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/10/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/10/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/09/09");
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:"3.1", prefix:"libmailutils0", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"libmailutils0-dev", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"mailutils", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"mailutils-comsatd", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"mailutils-doc", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"mailutils-imap4d", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"mailutils-mh", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"mailutils-pop3d", reference:"0.6.1-4sarge1")) 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 | 3.1 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1 |