Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-995-1)
🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| metamail security update | 22 Feb 200600:38 | – | centos | |
| CVE-2006-0709 | 15 Feb 200611:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2006-0709 | 15 Feb 200611:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 995-1] New metamail packages fix arbitrary code execution | 13 Mar 200608:25 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 995-1] New metamail packages fix arbitrary code execution | 13 Mar 200608:25 | – | debian | |
| Debian DSA-995-1 : metamail - buffer overflow | 14 Oct 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200603-16 : Metamail: Buffer overflow | 18 Mar 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : metamail (MDKSA-2006:047) | 27 Feb 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 2.1 : metamail (RHSA-2006:0217) | 22 Feb 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EUVD-2006-0716 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| debian | www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-995-1 |
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-995 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56402");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0709");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:07:13 +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-995-1)");
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=DEB(3\.0|3\.1)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-995-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-995-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-995");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'metamail' package(s) announced via the DSA-995-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Ulf Harnhammar discovered a buffer overflow in metamail, an implementation of MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions), that could lead to a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code when processing messages.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-45woody.4.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-47sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-51.
We recommend that you upgrade your metamail package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'metamail' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.");
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:"metamail", ver:"2.7-45woody.4", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "DEB3.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"metamail", ver:"2.7-47sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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