RHEL 7 : procmail (RHSA-2017:3269)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104841

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for procmail.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3269 advisory.

- procmail: Heap-based buffer overflow in loadbuf function in formisc.c (CVE-2017-16844)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL procmail package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3269.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104841

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3269.nasl

Version: 3.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/29/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procmail, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16844

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2017:3269

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