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Debian DSA-1457-1 : dovecot - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29904

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Dovecot, a POP3 and IMAP server, only when used # Remark: 'base' refers to a variable(?!) and should not contain something as # base = %r! with LDAP authentication and 'base' contains variables, could allow a user to log in to the account of another user with the same password.

Solution

Upgrade the dovecot packages.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.rc15-2etch3.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29904

File Name: debian_DSA-1457.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dovecot, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6598

CWE: 264

DSA: 1457