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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Dovecot vulnerabilities (USN-4993-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 150939

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 20.10 / 21.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4993-1 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4993-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 150939

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4993-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/21/2021

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29157

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-auth-lua, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-imapd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-lmtpd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-lucene, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-managesieved, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pop3d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-sieve, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-solr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-submissiond, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mail-stack-delivery

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29157, CVE-2021-33515

USN: 4993-1