Amazon Linux 2 : dovecot (ALAS-2019-1347)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 130600

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

In Dovecot before 2.2.36.4 and 2.3.x before 2.3.7.2 (and Pigeonhole before 0.5.7.2), protocol processing can fail for quoted strings. This occurs because '\\0' characters are mishandled, and can lead to out-of-bounds writes and remote code execution.(CVE-2019-11500)

Solution

Run 'yum update dovecot' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 130600

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1347.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2019

Updated: 4/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11500

ALAS: 2019-1347

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