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openSUSE Security Update : cyrus-imapd (cyrus-imapd-1337)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42316

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes another buffer overflow in the Sieve code (CVE-2009-3235). This can be exploited by users allowed to use their own sieve scripts to execute arbitrary code remotely. Additionally the handling of long headers was improved.

Solution

Update the affected cyrus-imapd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539877

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42316

File Name: suse_11_1_cyrus-imapd-090924.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2009

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-cyrus-sieve-managesieve, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-cyrus-imap, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cyrus-imapd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cyrus-imapd

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3235

CWE: 119