Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5 (2007-242) - Nessus

Medium   Plugin ID: 24361

This page contains detailed information about the Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5 (2007-242) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

Plugin Overview


ID: 24361
Name: Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5 (2007-242)
Filename: fedora_2007-242.nasl
Vulnerability Published: N/A
This Plugin Published: 2007-02-17
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-11
Plugin Version: 1.16
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Vulnerability Information


Severity: Medium
Vulnerability Published: N/A
Patch Published: 2007-02-15
CVE [?]: CVE-2006-2447, CVE-2007-0451
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin-debuginfo

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

This upgrades to version 3.1.8, which fixes some bugs and CVE-2007-0451 Malformed HTML Denial of Service.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected spamassassin and / or spamassassin-debuginfo packages.

Public Exploits


Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5 (2007-242) vulnerability:

  1. Metasploit: exploit/unix/misc/spamassassin_exec
    [SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution]
  2. Exploit-DB: exploits/unix/remote/9914.rb
    [EDB-9914: SpamAssassin spamd 3.1.3 - Command Injection (Metasploit)]
  3. Exploit-DB: exploits/linux/remote/16920.rb
    [EDB-16920: SpamAssassin spamd - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information


CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Base Score:5.1 (Medium)
Impact Subscore:6.4
Exploitability Subscore:4.9
CVSS Temporal Score:NA (None)
CVSS Environmental Score:NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:NA
Overall CVSS Score:5.1 (Medium)

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Plugin Source


This is the fedora_2007-242.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-242.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(24361);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2447", "CVE-2007-0451");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-242");

  script_name(english:"Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5 (2007-242)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This upgrades to version 3.1.8, which fixes some bugs and
CVE-2007-0451 Malformed HTML Denial of Service.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-February/001460.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ab33f2db"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected spamassassin and / or spamassassin-debuginfo
packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/02/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/02/17");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 5.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"spamassassin-debuginfo-3.1.8-1.fc5")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin / spamassassin-debuginfo");
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

  • Linux / Unix:
    /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/fedora_2007-242.nasl
  • Windows:
    C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\fedora_2007-242.nasl
  • Mac OS X:
    /Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/fedora_2007-242.nasl

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How to Run


Here is how to run the Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5 (2007-242) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

  1. Click to start a New Scan.
  2. Select Advanced Scan.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins tab.
  4. On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
  5. On the left side table select Fedora Local Security Checks plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.8-1.fc5 (2007-242) plugin ID 24361.
  7. Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
  8. Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl fedora_2007-242.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a fedora_2007-242.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - fedora_2007-242.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state fedora_2007-242.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References


Fedora Security Update: CWE | Common Weakness Enumeration:
  • CWE-399 (Category) Resource Management Errors
See also: Similar and related Nessus plugins:
  • 21999 - CentOS 4 : spamassassin (CESA-2006:0543)
  • 22632 - Debian DSA-1090-1 : spamassassin - programming error
  • 24118 - Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.3-1.fc5 (2006-598)
  • 25509 - Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.9-1.fc5.1 (2007-584)
  • 21702 - GLSA-200606-09 : SpamAssassin: Execution of arbitrary code
  • 21718 - Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : spamassassin (MDKSA-2006:103)
  • 21672 - RHEL 4 : spamassassin (RHSA-2006:0543)
  • 21673 - SpamAssassin spamd Crafted Message Arbitrary Command Execution
  • 27449 - openSUSE 10 Security Update : spamassassin (spamassassin-1904)
  • 25116 - myGallery mygallerybrowser.php 'myPath' Parameter Remote File Inclusion

Version


This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file fedora_2007-242.nasl version 1.16. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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