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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-593-1)

🗓️ 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the USN-593-1 advisory. It was discovered that the default configuration of dovecot could allow access to any email files with group 'mail' without verifying that a user had valid rights. An attacker able to create symlinks in their mail directory could exploit this to read or delete another user's email. By default, dovecot passed special characters to the underlying authentication systems. While Ubuntu releases of dovecot are not known to be vulnerable, the authentication routine was proactively improved to avoid potential future problems

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840335");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1199", "CVE-2008-1218");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-23 09:59:50 +0000 (Mon, 23 Mar 2009)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-593-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(6\.06\ LTS|6\.10|7\.04|7\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-593-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-593-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the USN-593-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that the default configuration of dovecot could allow
access to any email files with group 'mail' without verifying that a user
had valid rights. An attacker able to create symlinks in their mail
directory could exploit this to read or delete another user's email.
(CVE-2008-1199)

By default, dovecot passed special characters to the underlying
authentication systems. While Ubuntu releases of dovecot are not known
to be vulnerable, the authentication routine was proactively improved
to avoid potential future problems. (CVE-2008-1218)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'dovecot' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 6.10, Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-common", ver:"1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.6", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-imapd", ver:"1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.6", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-pop3d", ver:"1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.6", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU6.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-common", ver:"1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.3", rls:"UBUNTU6.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-imapd", ver:"1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.3", rls:"UBUNTU6.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-pop3d", ver:"1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.3", rls:"UBUNTU6.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU7.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-common", ver:"1.0.rc17-1ubuntu2.3", rls:"UBUNTU7.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-imapd", ver:"1.0.rc17-1ubuntu2.3", rls:"UBUNTU7.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-pop3d", ver:"1.0.rc17-1ubuntu2.3", rls:"UBUNTU7.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU7.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-common", ver:"1:1.0.5-1ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-imapd", ver:"1:1.0.5-1ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dovecot-pop3d", ver:"1:1.0.5-1ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU7.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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