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FreeBSD : claws-mail -- POP3 Format String Vulnerability (d9867f50-54d0-11dc-b80b-0016179b2dd5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25943

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

A Secunia Advisory reports :

A format string error in the 'inc_put_error()' function in src/inc.c when displaying a POP3 server's error response can be exploited via specially crafted POP3 server replies containing format specifiers.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires that the user is tricked into connecting to a malicious POP3 server.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cc154f49

http://www.nessus.org/u?d39fd274

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25943

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d9867f5054d011dcb80b0016179b2dd5.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/28/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:claws-mail, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:sylpheed-claws, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:sylpheed2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2958

Secunia: 26550