The remote host is missing an update for the 'procmail' package(s) announced via the USN-2340-1 advisory. Tavis Ormandy discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain malformed mail headers. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Please install the updated package(s)
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 73 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon | Important: procmail | 17 Sep 201421:46 | – | amazon |
OpenVAS | Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-46-1) | 8 Mar 202300:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3019-1) | 3 Sep 201400:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | CentOS Update for procmail CESA-2014:1172 centos7 | 11 Sep 201400:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | CentOS Update for procmail CESA-2014:1172 centos6 | 11 Sep 201400:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 3019-1 (procmail - security update) | 4 Sep 201400:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Fedora Update for procmail FEDORA-2014-10359 | 1 Oct 201400:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0373) | 28 Jan 202200:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-408) | 8 Sep 201500:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2014:1137-1) | 9 Jun 202100:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2340-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841960");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3618");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-09-05 03:57:03 +0000 (Fri, 05 Sep 2014)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 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("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2340-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(10\.04\ LTS|12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2340-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2340-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'procmail' package(s) announced via the USN-2340-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Tavis Ormandy discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain
malformed mail headers. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'procmail' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04.");
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 == "UBUNTU10.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"procmail", ver:"3.22-18ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"procmail", ver:"3.22-19ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"procmail", ver:"3.22-21ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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