Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0893 - Remote Security vulnerability in Smail 3.2.0.120
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
modes.c in smail 3.2.0.120 implements signal handlers with certain unsafe library calls, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via signal handler race conditions, possibly using xmalloc.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-722.NASL description A buffer overflow has been discovered in Smail, an electronic mail transport system, which allows remote attackers and local users to execute arbitrary code. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18226 published 2005-05-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18226 title Debian DSA-722-1 : smail - buffer overflow 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-722. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(18226); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0892", "CVE-2005-0893"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"722"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-722-1 : smail - buffer overflow"); 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: "A buffer overflow has been discovered in Smail, an electronic mail transport system, which allows remote attackers and local users to execute arbitrary code." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=301428" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-722" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the smail package. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0.114-4woody1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:smail"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/05/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/05/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/03/25"); 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:"smail", reference:"3.2.0.114-4woody1")) 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");
NASL family SMTP problems NASL id SMAIL_MULTIPLE_VULNERABILITIES.NASL description According to its banner, the remote host is running as its mail server S-mail version 3.2.0.120 or older. Such versions contain various vulnerabilities that may allow an unauthenticated attacker execute arbitrary code on the remote host by exploiting a heap overflow by sending a malformed argument to the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17633 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17633 title Smail-3 < 3.2.0.121 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if(description) { script_id(17633); script_version ("1.16"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0892", "CVE-2005-0893"); script_bugtraq_id(12899, 12922); script_name(english:"Smail-3 < 3.2.0.121 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote mail server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its banner, the remote host is running as its mail server S-mail version 3.2.0.120 or older. Such versions contain various vulnerabilities that may allow an unauthenticated attacker execute arbitrary code on the remote host by exploiting a heap overflow by sending a malformed argument to the 'MAIL FROM' command." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Mar/447"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Mar/471"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Mar/474"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Mar/486"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"ftp://ftp.weird.com/pub/local/smail-3.2.0.121.ChangeLog" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Smail 3.2.0.121 or later." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/03/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/03/26"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_end_attributes(); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of the remote Smail daemon"); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SMTP problems"); script_dependencie("smtpserver_detect.nasl", "smtpscan.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/smtp", 25); exit(0); } # # The script code starts here # include('smtp_func.inc'); port = get_kb_item("Services/smtp"); if(!port)port = 25; banner = get_smtp_banner(port:port); if ( ! banner )exit(0); if ( ereg(pattern:".* Smail(-)?3\.([01]\.|2\.0\.([0-9] |[0-9][0-9] |1[01][0-9] |120 ))", string:banner) ) security_hole(port);