openSUSE Security Update : claws-mail (openSUSE-SU-2012:1374-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74785

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A denial of service attack (NULL ptr dereference) in claws mail was fixed.

Solution

Update the affected claws-mail packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784463

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00064.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74785

File Name: openSUSE-2012-719.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:novell:opensuse:claws-mail, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:claws-mail-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4507