Debian bmtpd up to 2.3 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Debian bmtpd up to 2.3. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0107. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Debian bmtpd up to 2.3. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

The bug was discovered 02/25/2005. The weakness was disclosed 02/25/2005 by Basti (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0107 since 01/18/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17232 (Debian DSA-690-1 : bsmtpd - missing input sanitising), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19481), Tenable (17232), SecurityFocus (BID 12661†), OSVDB (14246†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7230†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 17232
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-690-1 : bsmtpd - missing input sanitising
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OpenVAS ID: 53520
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 690-1 (bsmtpd)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Basti
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0107 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0107
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23987
X-Force: 19481
SecurityFocus: 12661 - BSMTPD Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14246 - DSA 690-1 - New bsmtpd packages fix arbitrary command execution
Vulnerability Center: 7230 - Debian bsmtpd 2.3 and Earlier Improper Validation of E-Mail Addresses, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/30/2019 14:47
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (65), 05/30/2019 14:47 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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