SuSE 11.1 Security Update : cyrus-imapd (SAT Patch Number 4731)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55618

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

cyrus-imapd recognized commands before switching to an encrypted channel via STARTTLS. Attackers could potentially exploit that to inject plain text commands. (CVE-2011-1926)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4731.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=606710

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694247

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1926.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55618

File Name: suse_11_cyrus-imapd-110620.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:cyrus-imapd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-cyrus-imap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-cyrus-sieve-managesieve, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1926