Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58730
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1398-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'perdition' package(s) announced via the DSA-1398-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'perdition' package(s) announced via the DSA-1398-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Bernhard Mueller of SEC Consult has discovered a format string vulnerability in perdition, an IMAP proxy. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote user to run arbitrary code on the perdition server by providing a specially formatted IMAP tag. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.15-5sarge1. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.17-7etch1. We recommend that you upgrade your perdition package. Affected Software/OS: 'perdition' package(s) on Debian 3.1, Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-5740 BugTraq ID: 26270 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26270 Bugtraq: 20071031 SEC Consult SA-20071031-0 :: Perdition IMAP Proxy Format StringVulnerability (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483034/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1398 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1398 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-10/0889.html http://www.sec-consult.com/300.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018883 http://secunia.com/advisories/27458 http://secunia.com/advisories/27520 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3677 XForce ISS Database: perdition-imap-strvwrite-format-string(38184) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38184
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