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Debian DSA-060-1 : fetchmail - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 14897

Synopsis

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

Description

Wolfram Kleff found a problem in fetchmail: it would crash when processing emails with extremely long headers. The problem was a buffer overflow in the header parser which could be exploited.

Solution

This has been fixed in version 5.3.3-1.2, and we recommend that you upgrade your fetchmail package immediately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-060

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14897

File Name: debian_DSA-060.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fetchmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0819

DSA: 060