CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
91.6%
Fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility. Upgraded fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and
-current. These fix a vulnerability where a specially crafted email could crash fetchmail, preventing the user from downloading or forwarding their email.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2003-300-02. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(18731);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0792");
script_xref(name:"SSA", value:"2003-300-02");
script_name(english:"Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : fetchmail security update (SSA:2003-300-02)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in /var/log/packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility. Upgraded
fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and
-current. These fix a vulnerability where a specially crafted email
could crash fetchmail, preventing the user from downloading or
forwarding their email."
);
# http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2003&m=slackware-security.383885
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2c23d122"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected fetchmail package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:fetchmail");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/10/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("slackware.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"8.1", pkgname:"fetchmail", pkgver:"6.2.5", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.0", pkgname:"fetchmail", pkgver:"6.2.5", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.1", pkgname:"fetchmail", pkgver:"6.2.5", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"fetchmail", pkgver:"6.2.5", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:slackware_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");