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Debian dla-4196 : accountwizard - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237619

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4196 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4196-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz May 30, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : kmail-account-wizard Version : 4:20.08.3-1+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-50624


 An issue has been found in kmail-account-wizard, a wizard for KDE PIM applications account setup.
 The issues is about a man-in-the-middle-attack when using autoconf for retrieving configuration.
 Please also note that for configuration with autoconf.example.com, the config is first fetched with https and the former http is used only as fallback. For configuration via example.com/.well-known/autoconfig the config is now fetched only with https.



 For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 4:20.08.3-1+deb11u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your kmail-account-wizard packages.

 For the detailed security status of kmail-account-wizard please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/kmail-account-wizard

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the accountwizard packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1313ecee

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-50624

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/kmail-account-wizard

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237619

File Name: debian_DLA-4196.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2025

Updated: 5/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:accountwizard

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50624