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Oracle Linux 6 : dovecot (ELSA-2013-0520)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68756

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0520 advisory.

 [1:2.0.9-5]
 - script-login did not drop privileges correctly (#709095)
 - fix directory traversal due to not obeying chroot directive (#709097)
 - check proxy destination host against SSL certificate name (#754980)

 [1:2.0.9-4]
 - dovecot may not set correct premissions for mail folder (#697620)

 [1:2.0.9-3]
 - fix potential crash when parsing header names that contain NUL characters (#728673)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0520.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68756

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0520.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4318

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2166, CVE-2011-2167, CVE-2011-4318

BID: 48003, 50709

RHSA: 2013:0520