openSUSE Security Update : procmail (openSUSE-SU-2014:1114-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77660

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

procmail was updated to fix a heap-overflow in procmail's formail utility when processing specially crafted email headers (bnc#894999, CVE-2014-3618)

Solution

Update the affected procmail packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894999

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00016.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77660

File Name: openSUSE-2014-537.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:procmail, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:procmail-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:procmail-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3618

BID: 69573