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Alpine: multiple dovecot packages: security update to 2.3.3-r2 (deprecated)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400613
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- It was discovered that Dovecot before versions 2.2.36.1 and 2.3.4.1 incorrectly handled client
certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could
possibly use this issue to impersonate other users. (CVE-2019-3814)
See Also
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5725c3c222d375b3272cdc3c99476cc274e0ddc9
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bb6a081a73c891ab6b79d62611b9c25e473cf025
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 400613
Version: Revision 1.23
Type: Local
Published: 8/16/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.04
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3814
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-3814