Slackware 8.1 / current : Sendmail buffer overflow fixed
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| sendmail | www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html |
| nessus | www.nessus.org/u |
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the associated Slackware Security Advisory. The
# text itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(54849);
script_version("$Revision: 1.5 $");
script_cvs_date("$Date: 2013/06/01 00:36:11 $");
script_name(english:"Slackware 8.1 / current : Sendmail buffer overflow fixed");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in /var/log/packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.1 and -current have been patched
to fix a security problem. All sites running sendmail should upgrade."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.html"
);
# http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2003&m=slackware-security.287287
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?62e8c4c3"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected sendmail and / or sendmail-cf packages."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:sendmail");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:sendmail-cf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/03/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/05/28");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("slackware.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"8.1", pkgname:"sendmail", pkgver:"8.12.8", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"8.1", pkgname:"sendmail-cf", pkgver:"8.12.8", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"sendmail", pkgver:"8.12.8", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"sendmail-cf", pkgver:"8.12.8", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:slackware_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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01 Jun 2013 00:36Current
5.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.4