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NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : dovecot Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0166)
high Nessus Plugin ID 154541
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Synopsis
The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has dovecot packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- In Dovecot before 2.3.11.3, uncontrolled recursion in submission, lmtp, and lda allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted e-mail message with deeply nested MIME parts. (CVE-2020-12100)
- In Dovecot before 2.3.11.3, sending a specially formatted NTLM request will crash the auth service because of an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2020-12673)
- In Dovecot before 2.3.11.3, sending a specially formatted RPA request will crash the auth service because a length of zero is mishandled. (CVE-2020-12674)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL dovecot packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.See Also
http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2021-0166
http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2020-12100
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 154541
File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2021-0166_dovecot.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Published: 10/27/2021
Updated: 11/27/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12674
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:dovecot, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:dovecot-pigeonhole, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:dovecot, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:dovecot-pigeonhole, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_core:5, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2020