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Debian DSA-2252-1 : dovecot - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55040

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the message header parser in the Dovecot mail server parsed NUL characters incorrectly, which could lead to denial of service through malformed mail headers.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the dovecot packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.15-7.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627443

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/dovecot

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2252

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55040

File Name: debian_DSA-2252.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1929

DSA: 2252