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FreeBSD : emacs -- movemail format string vulnerability (3e3c860d-7dae-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18910

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs. They can be exploited when connecting to a malicious POP server and can allow an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the user running Emacs.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f0ec7bbf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18910

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3e3c860d7dae11d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:hanemacs, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:movemail, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mule-common, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xemacs, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xemacs-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xemacs-devel-21.5, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xemacs-devel-mule, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xemacs-mule, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-emacs, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-xemacs, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-xemacs-mule, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0100

BID: 12462