Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-1174 - Unspecified vulnerability in ELM Development Group ELM

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Buffer overflow in Elm 2.5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Message-ID header.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Elm_Development_Group
1

Nessus

NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2001-067.NASL
descriptionA buffer overflow exists in the elm email client when handling very long message-ids. This would overwrite other header fields and could potentially cause further damage.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id13882
published2004-07-31
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/13882
titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : elm (MDKSA-2001:067)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:067. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(13882);
  script_version ("1.17");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-1174");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2001:067");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : elm (MDKSA-2001:067)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A buffer overflow exists in the elm email client when handling very
long message-ids. This would overwrite other header fields and could
potentially cause further damage."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected elm package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:elm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2001/07/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"elm-2.5.5-1.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"elm-2.5.5-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK8.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"elm-2.5.5-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2001:091