SUSE-SA:2005:012: imap

high Nessus Plugin ID 17242

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:012 (imap).

The University of Washington imap daemon can be used to access mails remotely using the IMAP protocol.

This update fixes a logical error in the challenge response authentication mechanism CRAM-MD5 used by UW IMAP. Due to this mistake a remote attacker can gain access to the IMAP server as arbitrary user.

This is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-0198.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_12_imap.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17242

File Name: suse_SA_2005_012.nasl

Version: 1.11

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/1/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

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

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0198

Detections

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