Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-3897 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in Dovecot
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 19 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs In applications, particularly web applications, access to functionality is mitigated by the authorization framework, whose job it is to map ACLs to elements of the application's functionality; particularly URL's for web apps. In the case that the administrator failed to specify an ACL for a particular element, an attacker may be able to access it with impunity. An attacker with the ability to access functionality not properly constrained by ACLs can obtain sensitive information and possibly compromise the entire application. Such an attacker can access resources that must be available only to users at a higher privilege level, can access management sections of the application or can run queries for data that he is otherwise not supposed to.
- Privilege Abuse An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources. If access control mechanisms are absent or misconfigured, a user may be able to access resources that are intended only for higher level users. An adversary may be able to exploit this to utilize a less trusted account to gain information and perform activities reserved for more trusted accounts. This attack differs from privilege escalation and other privilege stealing attacks in that the adversary never actually escalates their privileges but instead is able to use a lesser degree of privilege to access resources that should be (but are not) reserved for higher privilege accounts. Likewise, the adversary does not exploit trust or subvert systems - all control functionality is working as configured but the configuration does not adequately protect sensitive resources at an appropriate level.
- Directory Indexing An adversary crafts a request to a target that results in the target listing/indexing the content of a directory as output. One common method of triggering directory contents as output is to construct a request containing a path that terminates in a directory name rather than a file name since many applications are configured to provide a list of the directory's contents when such a request is received. An adversary can use this to explore the directory tree on a target as well as learn the names of files. This can often end up revealing test files, backup files, temporary files, hidden files, configuration files, user accounts, script contents, as well as naming conventions, all of which can be used by an attacker to mount additional attacks.
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels An attacker exploits a weakness in the configuration of access controls and is able to bypass the intended protection that these measures guard against and thereby obtain unauthorized access to the system or network. Sensitive functionality should always be protected with access controls. However configuring all but the most trivial access control systems can be very complicated and there are many opportunities for mistakes. If an attacker can learn of incorrectly configured access security settings, they may be able to exploit this in an attack. Most commonly, attackers would take advantage of controls that provided too little protection for sensitive activities in order to perform actions that should be denied to them. In some circumstances, an attacker may be able to take advantage of overly restrictive access control policies, initiating denial of services (if an application locks because it unexpectedly failed to be granted access) or causing other legitimate actions to fail due to security. The latter class of attacks, however, is usually less severe and easier to detect than attacks based on inadequate security restrictions. This attack pattern differs from CAPEC 1, "Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs" in that the latter describes attacks where sensitive functionality lacks access controls, where, in this pattern, the access control is present, but incorrectly configured.
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_30211C45E52A11DEB5CD00E0815B8DA8.NASL description Dovecot author reports : Dovecot v1.2.x had been creating base_dir (and its parents if necessary) with 0777 permissions. The base_dir last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 43104 published 2009-12-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43104 title FreeBSD : dovecot -- Insecure directory permissions (30211c45-e52a-11de-b5cd-00e0815b8da8) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(43104); script_version("1.14"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:39"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3897"); script_bugtraq_id(37084); script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"37443"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : dovecot -- Insecure directory permissions (30211c45-e52a-11de-b5cd-00e0815b8da8)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Dovecot author reports : Dovecot v1.2.x had been creating base_dir (and its parents if necessary) with 0777 permissions. The base_dir's permissions get changed to 0755 automatically at startup, but you may need to chmod the parent directories manually." ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/30211c45-e52a-11de-b5cd-00e0815b8da8.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ee6ecf1a" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(264); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dovecot"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/11/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/12/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/12/11"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"dovecot>=1.2.*<1.2.8")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-306.NASL description A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in dovecot : Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself (CVE-2009-3897). The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 48160 published 2010-07-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48160 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dovecot (MDVSA-2009:306) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:306. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(48160); script_version("1.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:52"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3897"); script_bugtraq_id(37084); script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2009:306"); script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dovecot (MDVSA-2009:306)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in dovecot : Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself (CVE-2009-3897). The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(264); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-gssapi"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-ldap"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-managesieve"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-mysql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-pgsql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-sieve"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dovecot-plugins-sqlite"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/11/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/07/30"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-devel-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-plugins-gssapi-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-plugins-ldap-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-plugins-managesieve-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-plugins-mysql-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-plugins-pgsql-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-plugins-sieve-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.0", reference:"dovecot-plugins-sqlite-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_2_DOVECOT12-100118.NASL description Dovecot created the configured last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 44053 published 2010-01-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44053 title openSUSE Security Update : dovecot12 (dovecot12-1811) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update dovecot12-1811. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(44053); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:38"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3897"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : dovecot12 (dovecot12-1811)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the dovecot12-1811 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Dovecot created the configured 'base_dir' (/var/run/dovecot) with mode 0777 if it didn't exist, therefore allowing local users to mess with e.g. the authentication socket (CVE-2009-3897). Note that /var/run/dovecot is part of the dovecot rpm with proper permission settings. Therefor dovecot is not vulnerable in the default configuration as shipped on openSUSE." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=none" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557184" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected dovecot12 packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_cwe_id(264); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot12-backend-mysql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot12-backend-pgsql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot12-backend-sqlite"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot12-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dovecot12-fts-lucene"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/01/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/01/19"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE11\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "11.2", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.2", reference:"dovecot12-1.2.9-0.1.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.2", reference:"dovecot12-backend-mysql-1.2.9-0.1.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.2", reference:"dovecot12-backend-pgsql-1.2.9-0.1.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.2", reference:"dovecot12-backend-sqlite-1.2.9-0.1.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.2", reference:"dovecot12-devel-1.2.9-0.1.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.2", reference:"dovecot12-fts-lucene-1.2.9-0.1.1") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dovecot12 / dovecot12-backend-mysql / dovecot12-backend-pgsql / etc"); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201110-04.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-04 (Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service condition, to conduct directory traversal attacks, corrupt data, or disclose information. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56446 published 2011-10-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56446 title GLSA-201110-04 : Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-04. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(56446); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/11 17:09:26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3235", "CVE-2009-3897", "CVE-2010-0745", "CVE-2010-3304", "CVE-2010-3706", "CVE-2010-3707", "CVE-2010-3779", "CVE-2010-3780", "CVE-2011-1929", "CVE-2011-2166", "CVE-2011-2167"); script_bugtraq_id(36377, 37084, 41964, 43690, 47930, 48003); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201110-04"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201110-04 : Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-04 (Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service condition, to conduct directory traversal attacks, corrupt data, or disclose information. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-04" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Dovecot 1 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/dovecot-1.2.17' All Dovecot 2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/dovecot-2.0.13' NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since May 28, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(119, 264); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dovecot"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/10/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/10/11"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"net-mail/dovecot", unaffected:make_list("rge 1.2.17", "ge 2.0.13"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.0.13"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Dovecot"); }
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37443
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2
- http://www.osvdb.org/60316
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363