Debian DSA-597-1 : cyrus-imapd - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15830

Synopsis

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

Description

Stefan Esser discovered several security related problems in the Cyrus IMAP daemon. Due to a bug in the command parser it is possible to access memory beyond the allocated buffer in two places which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the cyrus-imapd package immediately.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.19-9.2

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=282681

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-597

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15830

File Name: debian_DSA-597.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyrus-imapd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1012, CVE-2004-1013

DSA: 597