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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63264
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-0371 (uw-imap)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to uw-imap
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-0371.

Update Information:

Update to new upstream version - 2007e. Contains fix for a security issue -
buffer overflow in rfc822_output_char / rfc822_output_data (CVE-2008-5514).

ChangeLog:

* Fri Dec 19 2008 Rex Dieter 2007e-1
- imap-2007e

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #477227 - CVE-2008-5514 libc-client: buffer overflow in rfc822_output_char / rfc822_output_data
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477227

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update uw-imap' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-0371

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5514
BugTraq ID: 32958
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32958
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00846.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:146
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021485
http://secunia.com/advisories/33275
http://secunia.com/advisories/33638
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3490
XForce ISS Database: uwimapd-rfc822outputchar-dos(47526)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47526
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