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Scientific Linux Security Update : dovecot on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135805

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

* dovecot: Improper certificate validation * dovecot: Buffer overflow in indexer-worker process results in privilege escalation

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7be8b4b6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135805

File Name: sl_20200407_dovecot_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2020

Updated: 3/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7524

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:fermilab:scientific_linux:dovecot, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:dovecot-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3814, CVE-2019-7524