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Debian DSA-1359-1 : dovecot - directory traversal

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25959

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that dovecot, a secure mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, when configured to use non-system-user spools and compressed folders, may allow directory traversal in mailbox names.

Solution

Upgrade the dovecot package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.rc15-2etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25959

File Name: debian_DSA-1359.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2231

DSA: 1359