FreeBSD includes sendmail(8) buffer overflow in header parsin
#
#ADV FreeBSD-SA-03:13.sendmail.asc
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from vuxml or freebsd advisories
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisories, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
#
tag_insight = "FreeBSD includes sendmail(8), a general purpose internetwork mail
routing facility, as the default Mail Transfer Agent (MTA).
A buffer overflow that may occur during header parsing was identified.
NOTE WELL: This issue is distinct from the issue described in
`FreeBSD-SA-03:04.sendmail' and `FreeBSD-SA-03:07.sendmail', although
the impact is very similar.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release
or security branch dated after the correction date
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-03:13.sendmail.asc";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:13.sendmail.asc";
if(description)
{
script_id(52636);
script_version("$Revision: 8023 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-07 09:36:26 +0100 (Thu, 07 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
name = "FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-03:13.sendmail.asc)";
script_name(name);
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
family = "FreeBSD Local Security Checks";
script_family(family);
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsdpatchlevel", "login/SSH/success");
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");
vuln = 0;
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"5.1", patchlevel:"5")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"5.0", patchlevel:"14")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.8", patchlevel:"7")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.7", patchlevel:"17")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.6", patchlevel:"20")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.5", patchlevel:"32")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.4", patchlevel:"42")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.3", patchlevel:"38")<0) {
vuln = 1;
}
if(vuln) {
security_message(0);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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