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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52707
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:408
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:408.

The cyrus-imapd package contains the core of the Cyrus IMAP server.

Several buffer overflow bugs were found in cyrus-imapd. It is possible that
an authenticated malicious user could cause the imap server to crash.
Additionally, a peer news admin could potentially execute arbitrary code on
the imap server when news is received using the fetchnews command. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the name CVE-2005-0546 to this issue.

Users of cyrus-imapd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain cyrus-imapd version 2.2.12 to correct these issues.

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-408.html

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0546
BugTraq ID: 12636
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12636
Bugtraq: 20050228 [USN-87-1] Cyrus IMAP server vulnerability (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972236203397&w=2
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2005:937
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000937
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430294/100/0/threaded
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-29.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:051
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.info-cyrus&msg=33723
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10674
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-408.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013278
http://secunia.com/advisories/14383
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