Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-01 (vpopmail) SQL injection, buffer overflow, and format string exploit
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory
#
# 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.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "vpopmail contains several bugs making it vulnerable to several SQL
injection exploits as well as one buffer overflow and one format string
exploit when using Sybase. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary
code.";
tag_solution = "All vpopmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=net-mail/vpopmail-5.4.6'
# emerge '>=net-mail/vpopmail-5.4.6'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200409-01
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60844
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=400873
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/371913/2004-08-15/2004-08-21/0";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200409-01.";
if(description)
{
script_id(54658);
script_version("$Revision: 6596 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 11:21:37 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-01 (vpopmail)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
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-gentoo.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-mail/vpopmail", unaffected: make_list("ge 5.4.6"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 5.4.6"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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