Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200701-13 for fetchmail. Vulnerabilities allow Denial of Service and password disclosure. Need to upgrade to version 6.3.
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 64 |
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![]() | Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2007-024-01) | 10 Sep 201200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for fetchmail FEDORA-2007-042 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for fetchmail FEDORA-2007-042 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Slackware Advisory SSA:2007-024-01 fetchmail | 11 Sep 201200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for fetchmail FEDORA-2007-041 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200701-13 (fetchmail) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for fetchmail FEDORA-2007-041 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SLES9: Security update for fetchmail | 10 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SLES9: Security update for fetchmail | 10 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: fetchmail | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
# 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 = "Fetchmail has been found to have numerous vulnerabilities allowing for
Denial of Service and password disclosure.";
tag_solution = "All fetchmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/fetchmail-6.3.6'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200701-13
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160463";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200701-13.";
if(description)
{
script_id(57973);
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_cve_id("CVE-2006-5867", "CVE-2006-5974");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200701-13 (fetchmail)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2007 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/fetchmail", unaffected: make_list("ge 6.3.6"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 6.3.6"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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