Debian DSA-1061-1 : popfile - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22603

Synopsis

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

Description

It has been discovered that popfile, a bayesian mail classifier, can be forced into a crash through malformed character sets within email messages, which allows denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the popfile package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain popfile packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.22.2-2sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354464

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1061

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22603

File Name: debian_DSA-1061.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:popfile, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0876

DSA: 1061