Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-4828 - Remote Security vulnerability in Kolab Groupware Server 2.0.0/2.0.1

047910
CVSS 6.4 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
kolab
nessus
NVD
Published: 2005-12-31
Updated: 2010-04-02

Summary

Kolab Server 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 does not properly handle when a large email is sent with a "." in the wrong place, which causes kolabfilter to add another ".", which might break clear-text signatures and attachments. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries, so this might not be a vulnerability.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Kolab
2

Nessus

NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2006-013.NASL
descriptionA problem exists in how the Kolab Server transports emails bigger than 8KB in size and if a dot (
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id20479
published2006-01-15
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20479
titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : kolab-resource-handlers (MDKSA-2006:013)
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-2006:013. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(20479);
  script_version ("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:48");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-4828");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2006:013");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kolab-resource-handlers (MDKSA-2006:013)");
  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 problem exists in how the Kolab Server transports emails bigger than
8KB in size and if a dot ('.') character exists in the wrong place. If
these conditions are met, kolabfilter will double this dot and a
modified email will be delivered, which could lead to broken
clear-text signatures or broken attachments.

The updated packages have been patched to correct these problems."
  );
  # http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-07.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www-old.kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-07.txt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected kolab-resource-handlers package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:kolab-resource-handlers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/01/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/01/15");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 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:"MDK2006.0", reference:"kolab-resource-handlers-0.4.1-0.20050811.2.1.20060mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2006.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kolab-resource-handlers-0.4.1-0.20050811.2.1.20060mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


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

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