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Scientific Linux Security Update : dovecot on SL7.x x86_64 (20200903)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140239

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Synopsis

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

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - dovecot: Resource exhaustion via deeply nested MIME parts (CVE-2020-12100)

 - dovecot: Out of bound reads in dovecot NTLM implementation (CVE-2020-12673)

 - dovecot: Crash due to assert in RPA implementation (CVE-2020-12674)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3d5f74e9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140239

File Name: sl_20200903_dovecot_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2020

Updated: 2/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 9/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12100, CVE-2020-12673, CVE-2020-12674