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FreeBSD : dovecot-managesieve -- Script Name Directory Traversal Vulnerability (3efc106e-c451-11dd-a721-0030843d3802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35053

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

The security issue is caused due to an input validation error when processing script names. This can be exploited to read or modify arbitrary files having '.sieve' extensions via directory traversal attacks, with the privileges of the attacker's user id.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.ovh.co.uk/mail/

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/Advisories/32768/

https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-November/035259.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?e78e3d55

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35053

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3efc106ec45111dda7210030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 12/8/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dovecot-managesieve, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5301

CWE: 22