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CentOS 4 / 5 : cyrus-imapd (CESA-2009:1459)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43795

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated cyrus-imapd packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The cyrus-imapd packages contain a high-performance mail server with IMAP, POP3, NNTP, and Sieve support.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Cyrus IMAP Sieve implementation. An authenticated user able to create Sieve mail filtering rules could use these flaws to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Cyrus IMAP server user. (CVE-2009-2632, CVE-2009-3235)

Users of cyrus-imapd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. After installing the update, cyrus-imapd will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected cyrus-imapd packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5111bf33

http://www.nessus.org/u?ce2fd5f4

http://www.nessus.org/u?5ee4032c

http://www.nessus.org/u?e0d35053

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43795

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1459.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cyrus-imapd-nntp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cyrus-imapd-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cyrus-imapd-murder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cyrus-imapd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cyrus-imapd-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cyrus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cyrus-imapd-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2632, CVE-2009-3235

BID: 36296, 36377

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2009:1459