Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51564
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:557
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:557. The Cyrus IMAP Server is an e-mail application that uses the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). It allows an user to perform certain mail functions on a remote server rather than on a local computer. Timo Sirainen discovered[1] a remotely exploitable pre-login buffer overflow in cyrus imapd. The problem resides in the way memory is managed (an integer overflow can cause less memory than needed to be allocated). This vulnerability[2] may be exploited prior to authentication to the IMAP server and could allow a remote attacker to read other users' mail and to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the IMAP server (Conectiva Linux has a special unprivileged user called 'cyrus' responsible for that). Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/301864 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740169 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:557 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002 Risk factor : High
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