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openSUSE: Security Advisory for procmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1114-1)

🗓️ 12 Sep 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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openSUSE Security Advisory for procmail. Updated to fix a heap-overflow in formail utility when processing email headers (CVE-2014-3618)

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850609");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-09-12 05:56:56 +0200 (Fri, 12 Sep 2014)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3618");
  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("openSUSE: Security Advisory for procmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1114-1)");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"procmail was updated to fix a heap-overflow
  in procmail's formail utility when processing specially-crafted email headers
  (bnc#894999, CVE-2014-3618)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"procmail on openSUSE 13.1, openSUSE 12.3");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

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

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2014:1114-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'procmail'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(openSUSE12\.3|openSUSE13\.1)");
  exit(0);
}

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

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE12.3") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"procmail", rpm:"procmail~3.22~260.6.1", rls:"openSUSE12.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"procmail-debuginfo", rpm:"procmail-debuginfo~3.22~260.6.1", rls:"openSUSE12.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"procmail-debugsource", rpm:"procmail-debugsource~3.22~260.6.1", rls:"openSUSE12.3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "openSUSE13.1") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"procmail", rpm:"procmail~3.22~264.6.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"procmail-debuginfo", rpm:"procmail-debuginfo~3.22~264.6.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"procmail-debugsource", rpm:"procmail-debugsource~3.22~264.6.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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CVSS 27.5
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