Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0107 - Unspecified vulnerability in Debian Bsmtpd 2.3

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
debian
nessus

Summary

bsmtpd 2.3 and earlier does not properly sanitize e-mail addresses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Debian
2

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-690.NASL
descriptionBastian Blank discovered a vulnerability in bsmtpd, a batched SMTP mailer for sendmail and postfix. Unsanitised addresses can cause the execution of arbitrary commands during alleged mail delivery.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id17232
published2005-03-01
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17232
titleDebian DSA-690-1 : bsmtpd - missing input sanitising
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-690. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(17232);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0107");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"690");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-690-1 : bsmtpd - missing input sanitising");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Bastian Blank discovered a vulnerability in bsmtpd, a batched SMTP
mailer for sendmail and postfix. Unsanitised addresses can cause the
execution of arbitrary commands during alleged mail delivery."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-690"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the bsmtpd package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3pl8b-12woody1."
  );
  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:debian:debian_linux:bsmtpd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/02/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/03/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/02/25");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"bsmtpd", reference:"2.3pl8b-12woody1")) flag++;

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