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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2007:179)

2007-09-1400:00:00
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A vulnerability in fetchmail was found where it could crash when attempting to deliver an internal warning or error message through an untrusted or compromised SMTP server, leading to a denial of service.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:179. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(26046);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4565");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2007:179");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : fetchmail (MDKSA-2007:179)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A vulnerability in fetchmail was found where it could crash when
attempting to deliver an internal warning or error message through an
untrusted or compromised SMTP server, leading to a denial of service.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected fetchmail, fetchmail-daemon and / or fetchmailconf
packages."
  );
  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:mandriva:linux:fetchmail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:fetchmail-daemon");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:fetchmailconf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/09/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/09/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"fetchmail-6.3.4-3.3mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"fetchmail-daemon-6.3.4-3.3mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"fetchmailconf-6.3.4-3.3mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"fetchmail-6.3.6-1.2mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"fetchmail-daemon-6.3.6-1.2mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"fetchmailconf-6.3.6-1.2mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
mandrivalinuxfetchmailp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:fetchmail
mandrivalinuxfetchmail-daemonp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:fetchmail-daemon
mandrivalinuxfetchmailconfp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:fetchmailconf
mandrivalinux2007cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007
mandrivalinux2007.1cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1