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GLSA-202107-41 : Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157022

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202107-41 (Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/dovecot-2.3.14.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157022

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202107-41.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 1/24/2022

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dovecot, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2021

Reference Information

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

GLSA: 202107-41