Executive Summary

Summary
Title courier vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-294-1 First vendor Publication 2006-06-09
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-06-09
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.04:
courier-mta 0.47-3ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 5.10:
courier-mta 0.47-3ubuntu7.2

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
courier-mta 0.47-13ubuntu5.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

A Denial of Service vulnerability has been found in the function for encoding email addresses. Addresses containing a '=' before the '@' character caused the Courier to hang in an endless loop, rendering the service unusable.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-294-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 8

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-06 (Courier)
File : nvt/glsa_200608_06.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1101-1 (courier)
File : nvt/deb_1101_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
26232 Courier Mail Server Crafted Username Encoding DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-294-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-08-04 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200608-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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