Debian DSA-1685-1 : uw-imap - buffer overflows, NULL pointer dereference

critical Nessus Plugin ID 35091

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been found in uw-imap, an IMAP implementation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

It was discovered that several buffer overflows can be triggered via a long folder extension argument to the tmail or dmail program. This could lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2008-5005 ).

It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference could be triggered by a malicious response to the QUIT command leading to a denial of service (CVE-2008-5006 ).

Solution

Upgrade the uw-imap packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2002edebian1-13.1+etch1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5005

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5006

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 35091

File Name: debian_DSA-1685.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:uw-imap

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5005, CVE-2008-5006

CWE: 119, 399

DSA: 1685