Debian DSA-534-1 : mailreader - directory traversal

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15371

Synopsis

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

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in mailreader whereby remote attackers could view arbitrary files with the privileges of the nph-mr.cgi process (by default, www-data) via relative paths and a null byte in the configLanguage parameter.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.29-5woody1.

We recommend that you update your mailreader package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-534

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15371

File Name: debian_DSA-534.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mailreader, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1581

BID: 6055

DSA: 534