openSUSE Security Update : imap (imap-368)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40232

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Insufficient buffer length checks in the imap client library may crash applications that use the library to print formatted email addresses.
The imap daemon itself is not affected but certain versions of e.g.
the php imap module are (CVE-2008-5514).

The client library could also crash when a rogue server unexpectedly closes the connection (CVE-2008-5006).

Solution

Update the affected imap packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458579

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459037

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40232

File Name: suse_11_1_imap-081217.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:novell:opensuse:imap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:imap-lib, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5006, CVE-2008-5514

CWE: 119, 399