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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : dovecot vulnerabilities (USN-593-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 31701
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that the default configuration of dovecot could allow access to any email files with group 'mail' without verifying that a user had valid rights. An attacker able to create symlinks in their mail directory could exploit this to read or delete another user's email. (CVE-2008-1199)By default, dovecot passed special characters to the underlying authentication systems. While Ubuntu releases of dovecot are not known to be vulnerable, the authentication routine was proactively improved to avoid potential future problems. (CVE-2008-1218).
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Solution
Update the affected dovecot-common, dovecot-imapd and / or dovecot-pop3d packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 31701
File Name: ubuntu_USN-593-1.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 3/28/2008
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: Medium
Score: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pop3d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-imapd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, 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
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1199, CVE-2008-1218