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qpopper < 4.0.5fc2 Qvsnprintf Remote Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1786

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote qpopper server, according to its banner, is vulnerable to a one-byte overflow in the function Qvsnprintf(). An attacker may use this flaw to gain a (non-root) shell on this host, provided that the attacker has a valid POP account to log in with.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.5fc2 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1786

Family: POP Server

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11376

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:qualcomm:qpopper

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0143

BID: 7058