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HistoryMar 08, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-841-1)

2023-03-0800:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
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debian
mailutils
format string vulnerability
gnu
remote attacker
imap server
upgrade
package
dsa-841-1 advisory

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.896 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.8%

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2005.841");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2878");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-03-08 12:56:44 +0000 (Wed, 08 Mar 2023)");
  script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:13+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:13 +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-841-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 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-841-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-841-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-841");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mailutils' package(s) announced via the DSA-841-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A format string vulnerability has been discovered in GNU mailutils which contains utilities for handling mail that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the IMAP server.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.1-4sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.90-3.

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'mailutils' 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:"libmailutils0", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libmailutils0-dev", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mailutils", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mailutils-comsatd", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mailutils-doc", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mailutils-imap4d", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mailutils-mh", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mailutils-pop3d", ver:"1:0.6.1-4sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.896 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.8%