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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50462 |
Category: | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
Title: | Ubuntu 4.10 USN-26-1 (bogofilter) |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to bogofilter announced via advisory USN-26-1. Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in bogofilter. The quoted-printable decoder handled certain Base-64 encoded strings in an invalid way which caused a buffer overflow and an immediate program abort. The exact impact depends on the way bogofilter is integrated into the system. In common setups, the mail that contains such malformed headers is deferred by the mail delivery agent and remains in the queue, where it will eventually bounce back to the sender. The following packages are affected: bogofilter Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 0.92.0-1ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2004-November/000028.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 5.0 |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1007 XForce ISS Database: bogofilter-dos(17916) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17916 |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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