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Debian DSA-1080-1 : dovecot - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22622

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A problem has been discovered in the IMAP component of Dovecot, a secure mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, which can lead to information disclosure via directory traversal by authenticated users.

Solution

Upgrade the dovecot-imapd package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.14-1sarge0.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1080

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22622

File Name: debian_DSA-1080.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2414

DSA: 1080