GLSA-200409-01 : vpopmail: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 14648

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-01 (vpopmail: Multiple vulnerabilities)

vpopmail is vulnerable to several unspecified SQL injection exploits.
Furthermore when using Sybase as the backend database vpopmail is vulnerable to a buffer overflow and format string exploit.
Impact :

These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute code with the permissions of the user running vpopmail.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of vpopmail.

Solution

All vpopmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-mail/vpopmail-5.4.6' # emerge '>=net-mail/vpopmail-5.4.6'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14648

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200409-01.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 9/3/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:vpopmail, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2004

Reference Information

GLSA: 200409-01

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