6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.887 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.7%
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Postfix, a mail transfer agent. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :
CVE-2009-2939 The postinst script grants the postfix user write access to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users to conduct symlink attacks that overwrite arbitrary files.
CVE-2011-0411 The STARTTLS implementation does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted SMTP sessions by sending a cleartext command that is processed after TLS is in place.
CVE-2011-1720 A heap-based read-only buffer overflow allows malicious clients to crash the smtpd server process using a crafted SASL authentication request.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2233. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(53860);
script_version("1.17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2939", "CVE-2011-0411", "CVE-2011-1720");
script_bugtraq_id(36469, 46767, 47778);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2233");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2233-1 : postfix - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Postfix, a mail transfer
agent. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems :
- CVE-2009-2939
The postinst script grants the postfix user write access
to /var/spool/postfix/pid, which might allow local users
to conduct symlink attacks that overwrite arbitrary
files.
- CVE-2011-0411
The STARTTLS implementation does not properly restrict
I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers
to insert commands into encrypted SMTP sessions by
sending a cleartext command that is processed after TLS
is in place.
- CVE-2011-1720
A heap-based read-only buffer overflow allows malicious
clients to crash the smtpd server process using a
crafted SASL authentication request."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2939"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0411"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1720"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/postfix"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the postfix packages.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.5-1.1+lenny1.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.1-1+squeeze1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(59);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postfix");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/05/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/05/11");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"postfix", reference:"2.5.5-1.1+lenny1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix-cdb", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix-dev", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix-doc", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix-ldap", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix-mysql", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix-pcre", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postfix-pgsql", reference:"2.7.1-1+squeeze1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | postfix | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postfix |
debian | debian_linux | 5.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2939
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0411
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1720
packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/postfix
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2939
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0411
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1720
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233