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MiracleLinux 4 : dovecot-2.0.9-5.AXS4 (AXSA:2013-272:01)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 288892
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2013-272:01 advisory.Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server. It supports mail in either of maildir or mbox formats.
The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are in their subpackages.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2011-2166 script-login in Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not follow the user and group configuration settings, which might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a script.
CVE-2011-2167 script-login in Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not follow the chroot configuration setting, which might allow remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks by leveraging a script.
CVE-2011-4318 Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.16, when ssl or starttls is enabled and hostname is used to define the proxy destination, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a valid certificate for a different hostname.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 288892
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2013-272.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2167
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4318
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dovecot, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dovecot-mysql
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2011