FreeBSD : mail-notification -- denial-of-service vulnerability (3030ae22-1c7f-11d9-81a4-0050fc56d258)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37433

Synopsis

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

Description

Caused by an untested return value, and a resulting NULL pointer dereference, it is possible for an attacker to crash the application.
However, the attacker must first hijack the connection between Mail Notification and the Gmail or IMAP server.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37433

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3030ae221c7f11d981a40050fc56d258.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mail-notification, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2004

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