SUSE SLES11 Security Update : procmail (SUSE-SU-2017:3231-1)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 155 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| procmail -- Heap-based buffer overflow | 16 Nov 201700:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in procmail affects PowerKVM | 18 Jun 201801:40 | – | ibm | |
| Security Bulletin: SmartCloud Provisioning - Vulnerability in procmail | 17 Jun 201822:30 | – | ibm | |
| Mac OS X < 10.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 28 Oct 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : procmail (ALAS-2014-408) | 12 Oct 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : procmail (ALAS-2018-1084) | 20 Sep 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : procmail (CESA-2014:1172) | 11 Sep 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : procmail (CESA-2017:3269) | 29 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-1173-1 : procmail security update | 20 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-46-1 : procmail update | 26 Mar 201500:00 | – | nessus |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2017:3231-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(105094);
script_version("3.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/12");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3618", "CVE-2017-16844");
script_bugtraq_id(69573);
script_name(english:"SUSE SLES11 Security Update : procmail (SUSE-SU-2017:3231-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"This update for procmail fixes the following issues: Security issue
fixed :
- CVE-2017-16844: Heap-based buffer overflow in the
loadbuf function in formisc.c in formail in procmail
3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message because of a
hard-coded realloc size, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2014-3618. (bnc#1068648)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068648");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16844/");
# https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20173231-1/
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7c0c66b8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch
slessp4-procmail-13368=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch
dbgsp4-procmail-13368=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-16844");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/09/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/12/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:procmail");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES11)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES11", "SUSE " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES11" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES11 SP4", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"procmail-3.22-240.8.3.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "procmail");
}
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12 Nov 2025 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 210
CVSS 39.8
EPSS0.12524