RHEL 2.1 : elm (RHSA-2004:009)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12449

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated elm packages are now available that fix a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'frm' command.

Elm is a terminal mode email user agent. The frm command is provided as part of the Elm packages and gives a summary list of the sender and subject of selected messages in a mailbox or folder.

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the frm command. An attacker could create a message with an overly long Subject line such that when the frm command is run by a victim arbitrary code is executed. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0966 to this issue.

Users of the frm command should update to these erratum packages, which contain a backported security patch that corrects this issue.

Red Hat would like to thank Paul Rubin for discovering and disclosing this issue.

Solution

Update the affected elm package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0966

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:009

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12449

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-009.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0966

RHSA: 2004:009