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Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0198)

🗓️ 30 May 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl-Email-MIME' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0198 advisory. An excessive memory use issue exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can cause denial of service when parsing multipart MIME messages

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0198");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-4140");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-05-30 04:12:16 +0000 (Thu, 30 May 2024)");
  script_version("2024-05-30T05:05:32+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-05-30 05:05:32 +0000 (Thu, 30 May 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0198)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA9");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2024-0198");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0198.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33248");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UFD5BWGYAVLW6IO4SUNLTJCFFLHZYQGT/");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl-Email-MIME' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0198 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before
version 1.954, which can cause denial of service when parsing multipart
MIME messages. The patch set (from 2020 and 2024) limits excessive depth
and the total number of parts. (CVE-2024-4140)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'perl-Email-MIME' package(s) on Mageia 9.");

  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-rpm.inc");

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "MAGEIA9") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-Email-MIME", rpm:"perl-Email-MIME~1.954.0~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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30 May 2024 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS37.5
EPSS0.02757
SSVC
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