openSUSE 10 Security Update : dovecot (dovecot-5986)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35677

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Dovecot didn't properly treat negative access rights therefore allowing attackers to bypass intended access restrictions (CVE-2008-4577)

Solution

Update the affected dovecot packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35677

File Name: suse_dovecot-5986.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/13/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4577

CWE: 264

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