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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : dovecot regression (USN-288-4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27860

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-288-3 fixed a vulnerability in dovecot. Unfortunately the Ubuntu 6.06 update had a regression which caused authentication using a MySQL database to not work any more. This update fixes this again.

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Solution

Update the affected dovecot-common, dovecot-imapd and / or dovecot-pop3d packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/288-4/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27860

File Name: ubuntu_USN-288-4.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 4/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pop3d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-imapd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2006

Reference Information

BID: 18092

USN: 288-4