Oracle Linux 10 : dovecot (ELSA-2026-79371)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 221 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 : dovecot (ALAS-2026-3935) | 29 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| AlmaLinux 8 : dovecot (ALSA-2026:76763) | 7 Oct 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: dovecot / dovecot-debuginfo / dovecot-debugsource / dovecot-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_76763) | 8 Oct 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian dsa-6526 : dovecot-auth-lua - security update | 29 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 44 : dovecot (2026-2e6b786570) | 18 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 45 : dovecot (2026-8b8efbd2b8) | 18 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 43 : dovecot (2026-e8a6485109) | 18 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE 16: dovecot24 / dovecot24-backend-mysql / dovecot24-backend-pgsql / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21720-1) | 3 Sep 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 8 : dovecot (ELSA-2026-76763) | 7 Oct 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 8 : dovecot (RHSA-2026:76763) | 6 Oct 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-79371.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(364354);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/09");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2026-27852",
"CVE-2026-33263",
"CVE-2026-33605",
"CVE-2026-40018",
"CVE-2026-40019",
"CVE-2026-42007",
"CVE-2026-42391",
"CVE-2026-73208"
);
script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 10 : dovecot (ELSA-2026-79371)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the ELSA-2026-79371 advisory.
- fix CVE-2026-33605: ManageSieve: denial of service via lone CR
character causing protocol deadlock (RHEL-251984)
- fix CVE-2026-42007: fix use-after-free and info leak in sieve
editheader extension (RHEL-251945)
- fix CVE-2026-40018: incorrect escaping of multi-byte strings in SQL commands (RHEL-252058)
- fix CVE-2026-42391: fix excessive memory growth with pre-login ID
command (RHEL-252072)
- fix CVE-2026-73208: OAuth2 scope check requires all configured scopes, add oauth2_audience setting
(RHEL-251900)
- fix CVE-2026-27852: limit parsed message data to prevent memory exhaustion (RHEL-251564)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-79371.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-42007");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-mysql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-pgsql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_product)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^10([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 10.x', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_version);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Oracle Linux', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '10',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'dovecot-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-devel-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-mysql-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-pgsql-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-devel-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-mysql-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-pgsql-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
{'reference':'dovecot-pigeonhole-2.3.21-19.el10_2.8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'}
]
}
];
var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');
var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
# Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
}
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
}
foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
reference = NULL;
sp = NULL;
_cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
epoch = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
exists_check = NULL;
cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'dovecot / dovecot-devel / dovecot-mysql / etc');
}
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