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Debian Security Advisory DSA 083-1 (procmail)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA 083-1 for procmail version 3.15.2-1 addresses a vulnerability, allowing unauthorized privilege escalation

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53573");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0905");
  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 14:24:38 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 083-1 (procmail)");
  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=DEB2\.2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20083-1");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Using older versions of procmail it was possible to make procmail
crash by sending it signals.  On systems where procmail is installed
setuid this could be exploited to obtain unauthorized privileges.

This problem has been fixed in version 3.20 by the upstream
maintainer, included in Debian unstable, and was ported back to
version 3.15.2 which is available for the stable Debian GNU/Linux
2.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"We recommend that you upgrade your procmail package immediately.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to procmail
announced via advisory DSA 083-1.");
  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:"procmail", ver:"3.15.2-1", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

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

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19 Jul 2023 00:00Current
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