The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'balsa' package(s) announced via the DSA-300 advisory. Byrial Jensen discovered off-by-one buffer overflow in the IMAP code of Mutt, a text-oriented mail reader. This could allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
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![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 300-1] New Balsa packages fix buffer overflow | 6 May 200308:40 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 274-2] New mutt packages fix arbitrary code execution in potato | 7 Apr 200306:05 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 274-1] New mutt packages fix arbitrary code execution | 28 Mar 200316:15 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 300-1] New Balsa packages fix buffer overflow | 6 May 200308:40 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 274-2] New mutt packages fix arbitrary code execution in potato | 7 Apr 200306:05 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 274-1] New mutt packages fix arbitrary code execution | 28 Mar 200316:15 | – | debian |
![]() | DSA-274 mutt - buffer overflow | 28 Mar 200300:00 | – | osv |
![]() | DSA-300 balsa - buffer overflow | 6 May 200300:00 | – | osv |
![]() | CVE-2003-0167 | 2 Apr 200305:00 | – | osv |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 274-1 (mutt) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2003/DSA-300 |
security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-300 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53372");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0167");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 21:36:24 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-300)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.0");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-300");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2003/DSA-300");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-300");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'balsa' package(s) announced via the DSA-300 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Byrial Jensen discovered a couple of off-by-one buffer overflow in the IMAP code of Mutt, a text-oriented mail reader supporting IMAP, MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. This code is imported in the Balsa package. This problem could potentially allow a remote malicious IMAP server to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail folder.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.4-2.2.
The old stable distribution (potato) does not seem to be affected by this problem.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your balsa package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'balsa' package(s) on Debian 3.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"balsa", ver:"1.2.4-2.2", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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