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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1061-1)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'popfile' package(s) announced via the DSA-1061-1 advisory. popfile, a bayesian mail classifier, can be forced into a crash through malformed character sets within email messages, leading to denial of service. Upgrade your popfile package

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56780");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0876");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:09:45 +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:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1061-1)");
  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=DEB3\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1061-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1061-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1061");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'popfile' package(s) announced via the DSA-1061-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It has been discovered that popfile, a bayesian mail classifier, can be forced into a crash through malformed character sets within email messages, which allows denial of service.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain popfile packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.22.2-2sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.22.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your popfile package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'popfile' package(s) on 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 == "DEB3.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"popfile", ver:"0.22.2-2sarge1", 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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17 Jan 2008 00:00Current
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