Dovecot < 2.2.7 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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CPE = "cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114168");
  script_version("2020-08-14T08:58:27+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-08-14 08:58:27 +0000 (Fri, 14 Aug 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-12-18 12:56:28 +0100 (Wed, 18 Dec 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6171");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Dovecot < 2.2.7 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_dovecot_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("dovecot/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dovecot is prone to an authentication bypass vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Checkpassword-reply in Dovecot performs setuid operations to a user who
  is authenticating, which allows local users to bypass authentication and access virtual email accounts by
  attaching to the process and using a restricted file descriptor to modify account information in the response
  to the dovecot-auth server.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dovecot versions before 2.2.7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.2.7 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2013-November/000264.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.2.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.2.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);