Detections
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Oracle Linux 9 : dovecot (ELSA-2024-6529)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 206889
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-6529 advisory.- fix CVE-2024-23184: using a large number of address headers may trigger a denial of service (RHEL-55211)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 206889
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-6529.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/10/2024
Updated: 11/2/2024
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23184
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-23184, CVE-2024-23185
IAVA: 2024-A-0504