Smail < 3.2.0.121 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2772

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a remote 'format string' flaw.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Smail, a mail transport agent, that is older or as old as than version 3.2.0.120. The remote version of this software contains various vulnerabilities that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host by exploiting a heap overflow in the function which processes the 'MAIL FROM' command.

Solution

Upgrade to Smail 3.2.0.121 or higher.

See Also

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0435.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0459.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0462.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0474.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2772

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 3/25/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 17633

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:smail:smail

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0892, CVE-2005-0893

BID: 12899, 12922