Executive Summary

Summary
Title procmail vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3483-1 First vendor Publication 2017-11-20
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-11-20
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:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

formail could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted mail.

Software Description: - procmail: Versatile e-mail processor

Details:

Jakub Wilk discovered that the formail tool incorrectly handled certain malformed mail messages. An attacker could use this flaw to cause formail to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.10:
procmail 3.22-25ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 17.04:
procmail 3.22-25ubuntu0.17.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
procmail 3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
procmail 3.22-21ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3483-1
CVE-2017-16844

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-25ubuntu0.17.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-25ubuntu0.17.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procmail/3.22-21ubuntu0.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3483-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-11-27 Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.
File : Virtuozzo_VZLSA-2017-3269.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-20 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2018-1084.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0051.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0052.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-08 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-3231-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1316.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1317.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-30 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20171129_procmail_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-3269.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-29 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-3269.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-29 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-3269.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-22 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_288f7ceeced611e78ae90050569f0b83.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3483-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1173.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4041.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-12-02 17:23:15
  • Multiple Updates
2017-11-22 13:23:46
  • Multiple Updates
2017-11-22 09:23:54
  • Multiple Updates
2017-11-20 21:22:04
  • First insertion