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RHEL 7 : procmail (RHSA-2017:3269)

🗓️ 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 47 Views

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3269 advisory

Related
Refs
Code
ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
FreeBSD		procmail -- Heap-based buffer overflow
16 Nov 201700:00
–freebsd
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in procmail affects PowerKVM
18 Jun 201801:40
–ibm
Amazon		Important: procmail
19 Sep 201800:00
–amazon
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : procmail (ALAS-2018-1084)
20 Sep 201800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 7 : procmail (CESA-2017:3269)
29 Nov 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-1173-1 : procmail security update
20 Nov 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-4041-1 : procmail - security update
20 Nov 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : procmail (EulerOS-SA-2017-1316)
1 Dec 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : procmail (EulerOS-SA-2017-1317)
1 Dec 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		FreeBSD : procmail -- Heap-based buffer overflow (288f7cee-ced6-11e7-8ae9-0050569f0b83)
22 Nov 201700:00
–nessus
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#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2017:3269. The text 
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#

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    The procmail packages contain a mail processing tool that can be used to create mail servers, mailing
    lists, sort incoming mail into separate folders or files, preprocess mail, start any program upon mail
    arrival, or automatically forward selected incoming mail.

    Security Fix(es):

    * A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in procmail's formail utility. A remote attacker could send
    a specially crafted email that, when processed by formail, could cause formail to crash or, possibly,
    execute arbitrary code as the user running formail. (CVE-2017-16844)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '7')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 7.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

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    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'procmail-3.22-36.el7_4.1', 'release':'7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
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  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'procmail');
}

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Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 39.8
CVSS 210
EPSS0.2023
rhel 7procmailsecurity updatevulnerabilityrhsa-2017:3269redhat enterprise linux 7nessuscve-2017-16844buffer overflowheap-basednessusguidanceexploitabilitypackageimportantpatchscriptplugincpeosrpm.
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