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SuSE-SA:2003:045: hylafax

critical Nessus Plugin ID 13813

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2003:045 (hylafax).


Hylafax is an Open Source fax server which allows sharing of fax equipment among computers by offering its service to clients by a protocol similar to FTP.
The SuSE Security Team found a format bug condition during a code review of the hfaxd server. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root. However, the bug can not be triggered in hylafax' default configuration.

The 'capi4hylafax' packages also need to be updated as a dependency where they are available.

After the update has been successfully applied the hfaxd server has to be restarted by issuing the following command as root:

/etc/rc.d/hylafax restart

Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command 'rpm -Fhv file.rpm' to apply the update.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2003_045_hylafax.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 13813

File Name: suse_SA_2003_045.nasl

Version: 1.14

Agent: unix

Published: 7/25/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0886