Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704041
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4041-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'procmail' package(s) announced via the DSA-4041-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'procmail' package(s) announced via the DSA-4041-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Jakub Wilk reported a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in procmail's formail utility when processing specially-crafted email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to crash, resulting in a denial of service or data loss. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22-24+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22-25+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your procmail packages. For the detailed security status of procmail please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'procmail' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-16844 Debian Security Information: DSA-4041 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4041 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876511 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00019.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:3269 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3269 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039844
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