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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52361
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: getmail
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: getmail

CVE-2004-0881
getmail 4.x before 4.2.0, and other versions before 3.2.5, when run as
root, allows local users to write files in arbitrary directories via
a symlink attack on subdirectories in the maildir.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0881
Bugtraq: 20040919 Local root compromise possible with getmail (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109571883130372&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-553 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-553
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-32.xml
XForce ISS Database: getmail-maildir-race-condition(17439)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17439
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