Debian dsa-5752 : dovecot-auth-lua - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206014

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5752 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5752-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 21, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : dovecot CVE ID : CVE-2024-23184 CVE-2024-23185

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the IMAP implementation of the Dovecot mail server: Excessive numbers of address headers or very large headers can result in high CPU usage, leading to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.

For the detailed security status of dovecot please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/dovecot

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the dovecot-auth-lua packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/dovecot

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-23184

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-23185

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/dovecot

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206014

File Name: debian_DSA-5752.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2024

Updated: 9/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2024-23185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23184

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-lucene, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-managesieved, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-submissiond, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-sieve, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-core, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-auth-lua, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-ldap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-imapd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-solr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-lmtpd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot-pop3d

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23184, CVE-2024-23185

IAVA: 2024-A-0504