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GLSA-200502-20 : Emacs, XEmacs: Format string vulnerabilities in movemail

high Nessus Plugin ID 16471

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-200502-20 (Emacs, XEmacs: Format string vulnerabilities in movemail)

 Max Vozeler discovered that the movemail utility contains several format string errors.
 Impact :

 An attacker could set up a malicious POP server and entice a user to connect to it using movemail, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the victim user.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Emacs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/emacs-21.4' All XEmacs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/xemacs-21.4.15-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-20

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16471

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-20.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 2/16/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:gentoo:linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xemacs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0100

GLSA: 200502-20