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HistoryDec 14, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities

2008-12-1400:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
16

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.171 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.9%

Background

Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server written with security primarily in mind.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were found in Dovecot:

  • The “k” right in the acl_plugin does not work as expected (CVE-2008-4577, CVE-2008-4578)
  • The dovecot.conf is world-readable, providing improper protection for the ssl_key_password setting (CVE-2008-4870)
  • A permanent Denial of Service with broken mail headers is possible (CVE-2008-4907)

Impact

These vulnerabilities might allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service, to circumvent security restrictions or allow local attackers to disclose the passphrase of the SSL private key.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-1.1.7-r1"

Users should be aware that dovecot.conf will still be world-readable after the update. If employing ssl_key_password, it should not be used in dovecot.conf but in a separate file which should be included with “include_try”.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-mail/dovecot< 1.1.7-r1UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.171 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.9%