Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Emacs vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-76-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-02-07 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-02-07 |
| 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:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: emacs21-bin-common The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 21.3+1-5ubuntu4.2. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Max Vozeler discovered a format string vulnerability in the "movemail" utility of Emacs. By sending specially crafted packets, a malicious POP3 server could cause a buffer overflow, which could have been exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user and the "mail" group (since "movemail" is installed as "setgid mail"). |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-76-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9408 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9408 | ||
| Title: | Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets. | ||
| Description: | Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-0100 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 | |
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for Emacs File : nvt/sles9p5017179.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-20 (Emacs) File : nvt/glsa_200502_20.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: zh-emacs, emacs File : nvt/freebsd_zh-emacs.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 670-1 (emacs20) File : nvt/deb_670_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 671-1 (xemacs21) File : nvt/deb_671_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 685-1 (emacs21) File : nvt/deb_685_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 13588 | GNU Emacs movemail popmail() Format String A remote overflow exists in GNU Emacs. The movemail function fails to adequately check responses from POP3 Servers in popmail() resulting in a format string overflow. With a specially crafted response, an attacker with a malicious POP3 Server can gain remote access with privilege of the logged on user and the effective group ID of the mail group resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-76-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_3e3c860d7dae11d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-22 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-22 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-133.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-685.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-16 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-145.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-16 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-146.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-16 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200502-20.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-16 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-038.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-670.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-671.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-115.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-116.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-112.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-134.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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| 2014-02-17 12:05:52 |
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| 2013-05-11 12:26:19 |
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