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FreeBSD Ports: qpopper
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
7 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: qpopper CVE-2000-0442 Qpopper 2.53 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a formatting string in the From: header, which is processed by the euidl command.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.netsys.com/suse-linux-security/2000-May/att-0137/01-b0f5-Qpopper.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ebdf65c7-2ca6-11d8-9355-0020ed76ef5a.html