CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53244");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0880", "CVE-2004-0881");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 21:45:44 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-553-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.0");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-553-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2004/DSA-553-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-553");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'getmail' package(s) announced via the DSA-553-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A security problem has been discovered in getmail, a POP3 and APOP mail gatherer and forwarder. An attacker with a shell account on the victims host could utilise getmail to overwrite arbitrary files when it is running as root.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your getmail package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'getmail' package(s) on Debian 3.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"getmail", ver:"2.3.7-2", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);