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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66835
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:038 (maildrop)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to maildrop
announced via advisory MDVSA-2010:038.

A vulnerability have been discovered and corrected in maildrop:

main.C in maildrop 2.3.0 and earlier, when run by root with the -d
option, uses the gid of root for execution of the .mailfilter file in
a user's home directory, which allows local users to gain privileges
via a crafted file (CVE-2010-0301).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2010:038

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.9

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0301
1023515
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023515
38367
http://secunia.com/advisories/38367
38374
http://secunia.com/advisories/38374
DSA-1981
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1981
[oss-security] 20100127 CVE id request: maildrop
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126462927918840&w=2
[oss-security] 20100128 Re: CVE id request: maildrop
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468324913920&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468551017070&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126468618017829&w=2
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564601
http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/changelog.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559681
maildrop-group-priv-escalation(55980)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55980
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2010 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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