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GLSA-200509-10 : Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d

2005-09-1700:00:00
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9

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%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-10 (Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d)

The imap4d server contains a format string bug in the handling of IMAP     SEARCH requests.

Impact :

An authenticated IMAP user could exploit the format string error in     imap4d to execute arbitrary code as the imap4d user, which is usually     root.

Workaround :

There are no known workarounds at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-10.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(19742);
  script_version("1.20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2878");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200509-10");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200509-10 : Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-10
(Mailutils: Format string vulnerability in imap4d)

    The imap4d server contains a format string bug in the handling of IMAP
    SEARCH requests.
  
Impact :

    An authenticated IMAP user could exploit the format string error in
    imap4d to execute arbitrary code as the imap4d user, which is usually
    root.
  
Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds at this time."
  );
  # http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=303&type=vulnerabilities
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8c8d5481"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200509-10"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All GNU Mailutils users should upgrade to the latest available version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/mailutils-0.6-r2'"
  );
  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:gentoo:linux:mailutils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/09/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/09/17");
  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:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-mail/mailutils", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.6-r2"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.6-r2"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Mailutils");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
gentoolinuxmailutilsp-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mailutils
gentoolinuxcpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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%