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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : dovecot vulnerability (USN-387-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27970

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Dovecot was discovered to have an error when handling its index cache files. This error could be exploited by authenticated POP and IMAP users to cause a crash of the Dovecot server, or possibly to execute arbitrary code. Only servers using the non-default option 'mmap_disable=yes' were vulnerable.

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Solution

Update the affected dovecot-common, dovecot-imapd and / or dovecot-pop3d packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/387-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27970

File Name: ubuntu_USN-387-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pop3d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-imapd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5973

USN: 387-1