Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cyrus-imapd announced via advisory DSA 215-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20215-1
Insight
Timo Sirainen discovered a buffer overflow in the Cyrus IMAP server, which could be exploited by a remote attacker prior to logging in. A malicious user could craft a request to run commands on the server under the UID and GID of the cyrus server.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.19-9.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.19-2.2.
For the current unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.19-9.10. The cyrus21-imapd packages are not vulnerable
We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-imapd package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2002-0379 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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