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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current fetchmail Vulnerability (SSA:2025-276-01)

🗓️ 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Slackware 15.0 and current fetchmail vulnerable to SSA:2025-276-01; upgrade to 6.4.27/6.5.6.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory SSA:2025-276-01. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(266469);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/03");

  script_name(english:"Slackware Linux 15.0 / current fetchmail  Vulnerability (SSA:2025-276-01)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to fetchmail.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of fetchmail installed on the remote host is prior to 6.4.27 / 6.5.6. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2025-276-01 advisory.

    New fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the fetchmail security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2025&m=slackware-security.346484
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?36deb6dc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected fetchmail package.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/10/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/10/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/10/03");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:fetchmail");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}

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);

var 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);

var flag = 0;
var constraints = [
    { 'fixed_version' : '6.4.27', 'product' : 'fetchmail', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '2_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '6.4.27', 'product' : 'fetchmail', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '2_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '6.5.6', 'product' : 'fetchmail', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', 'arch' : 'i686' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '6.5.6', 'product' : 'fetchmail', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', 'arch' : 'x86_64' }
];

foreach var constraint (constraints) {
    var pkg_arch = constraint['arch'];
    var arch = NULL;
    if (pkg_arch == "x86_64") {
        arch = pkg_arch;
    }
    if (slackware_check(osver:constraint['os_version'],
                        arch:arch,
                        pkgname:constraint['product'],
                        pkgver:constraint['fixed_version'],
                        pkgarch:pkg_arch,
                        pkgnum:constraint['service_pack'])) flag++;
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : slackware_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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03 Oct 2025 00:00Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
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