Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dovecot (MDVSA-2010:196)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49743

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in dovecot :

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Sieve plugin in Dovecot 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7, as derived from Cyrus libsieve, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIEVE script, as demonstrated by forwarding an e-mail message to a large number of recipients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2632 (CVE-2009-3235).

Packages for 2009.1 were missing with the previous MDVSA-2009:242 update. This update corrects this.

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49743

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2010-196.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-ldap, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3235

BID: 36377

CWE: 119

MDVSA: 2010:196

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