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Debian Security Advisory DSA 171-1 (fetchmail, fetchmail-ssl)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The remote host is missing an update to fetchmail, fetchmail-ssl announced via advisory DSA 171-1. Stefan Esser discovered several buffer overflows and a broken boundary check within fetchmail. These flaws can be used by remote attackers to crash it or to execute arbitrary code under the user id of the user running fetchmail. Depending on the configuration this even allows a remote root compromise. Upgrade fetchmail packages immediately

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53427");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:24:46 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1174", "CVE-2002-1175");
  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 171-1 (fetchmail, fetchmail-ssl)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  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=DEB(2\.2|3\.0)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20171-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5825");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5826");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5827");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Stefan Esser discovered several buffer overflows and a broken boundary
check within fetchmail.  If fetchmail is running in multidrop mode
these flaws can be used by remote attackers to crash it or to execute
arbitrary code under the user id of the user running fetchmail.
Depending on the configuration this even allows a remote root
compromise.

These problems have been fixed in version 5.9.11-6.1 for both
fetchmail and fetchmail-ssl for the current stable distribution
(woody), in version 5.3.3-4.2 for fetchmail for the old stable
distribution (potato) and in version 6.1.0-1 for both fetchmail and
fetchmail-ssl for the unstable distribution (sid).  There are no
fetchmail-ssl packages for the old stable distribution (potato) and
thus no updates.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"We recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail packages immediately.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to fetchmail, fetchmail-ssl
announced via advisory DSA 171-1.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmailconf", ver:"5.3.3-4.2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail", ver:"5.3.3-4.2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail-common", ver:"5.9.11-6.1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmailconf", ver:"5.9.11-6.1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail", ver:"5.9.11-6.1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fetchmail-ssl", ver:"5.9.11-6.1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
  security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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