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Debian DSA-1121-1 : postgrey - format string

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22663

Synopsis

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

Description

Peter Bieringer discovered that postgrey, a greylisting implementation for Postfix, is vulnerable to a format string attack that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service to the daemon.

Solution

Upgrade the postgrey package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.21-1sarge1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has also been fixed in version 1.21-1volatile4 in the volatile archive.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1121

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22663

File Name: debian_DSA-1121.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgrey, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1127

DSA: 1121