Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63419
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0275
Summary:	The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:0275.;;The imap package provides server daemons for both the IMAP (Internet;Message Access Protocol) and POP (Post Office Protocol) mail access protocols.;;A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the dmail and tmail mail delivery;utilities shipped with imap. If either of these utilities were used as a;mail delivery agent, a remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to;run arbitrary code as the targeted user by sending a specially-crafted mail;message to the victim. (CVE-2008-5005);;Users of imap should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a;backported patch to resolve this issue.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:0275. The imap package provides server daemons for both the IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and POP (Post Office Protocol) mail access protocols. A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the dmail and tmail mail delivery utilities shipped with imap. If either of these utilities were used as a mail delivery agent, a remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to run arbitrary code as the targeted user by sending a specially-crafted mail message to the victim. (CVE-2008-5005) Users of imap should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5005 BugTraq ID: 32072 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32072 Bugtraq: 20081103 Bitsec Security Advisory: UW/Panda IMAP [dt]mail buffer overflow (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498002/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1685 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1685 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00058.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00082.html http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=122572590212610&w=4 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146 http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.c http://www.bitsec.com/en/rad/bsa-081103.txt http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tmailbug.html http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002267.html http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/pipermail/imap-uw/2008-October/002268.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/5 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10485 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:0275 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0275.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1021131 http://secunia.com/advisories/32483 http://secunia.com/advisories/32512 http://secunia.com/advisories/33142 http://secunia.com/advisories/33996 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4570 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3042 XForce ISS Database: uwimapd-tmail-bo(46281) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46281
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