RHEL 8 : cyrus-imapd (RHSA-2021:3546)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153404

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cyrus-imapd.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3546 advisory.

- cyrus-imapd: Denial of service via string hashing algorithm collisions (CVE-2021-33582)

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 RHEL cyrus-imapd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:3546.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?340fa1b4

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3546

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993232

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153404

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3546.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33582

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cyrus-imapd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cyrus-imapd-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cyrus-imapd-vzic

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33582

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2021:3546