FreeBSD : dovecot -- Insecure directory permissions (30211c45-e52a-11de-b5cd-00e0815b8da8)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43104

Synopsis

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

Description

Dovecot author reports :

Dovecot v1.2.x had been creating base_dir (and its parents if necessary) with 0777 permissions. The base_dir's permissions get changed to 0755 automatically at startup, but you may need to chmod the parent directories manually.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ee6ecf1a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43104

File Name: freebsd_pkg_30211c45e52a11deb5cd00e0815b8da8.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 12/11/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dovecot, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3897

BID: 37084

CWE: 264

Secunia: 37443