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AlmaLinux 9 : dovecot (ALSA-2022:8208)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167983

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:8208 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in the auth component in Dovecot 2.2 and 2.3 before 2.3.20. When two passdb configuration entries exist with the same driver and args settings, incorrect username_filter and mechanism settings can be applied to passdb definitions. These incorrectly applied settings can lead to an unintended security configuration and can permit privilege escalation in certain configurations. The documentation does not advise against the use of passdb definitions that have the same driver and args settings. One such configuration would be where an administrator wishes to use the same PAM configuration or passwd file for both normal and master users but use the username_filter setting to restrict which of the users is able to be a master user. (CVE-2022-30550)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-8208.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167983

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-8208.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 11/30/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-30550

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:dovecot-pgsql, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-30550

CWE: 284