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openSUSE Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2024:3118-1)

🗓️ 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'dovecot23' package in openSUSE Leap 15.5 and 15.6 is missing a security update (SUSE-SU-2024:3118-1) addressing a denial of service vulnerability related to large message headers and address headers

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.856429");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-23184", "CVE-2024-23185");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-09-06 04:01:05 +0000 (Fri, 06 Sep 2024)");
  script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:26+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:26 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("openSUSE Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2024:3118-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("openSUSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/opensuse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSELeap15\.5|openSUSELeap15\.6");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2024:3118-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243118-1.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229183");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229184");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-September/036753.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot23' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2024:3118-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for dovecot23 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2024-23185: Fixed a denial of service with large headers (bsc#1229183)
- CVE-2024-23184: Fixed a denial of service parsing messages containing many address headers (bsc#1229184)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'dovecot23' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.5, openSUSE Leap 15.6.");

  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-rpm.inc");

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSELeap15.5") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23", rpm:"dovecot23~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-backend-mysql", rpm:"dovecot23-backend-mysql~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-backend-pgsql", rpm:"dovecot23-backend-pgsql~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-backend-sqlite", rpm:"dovecot23-backend-sqlite~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-devel", rpm:"dovecot23-devel~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts", rpm:"dovecot23-fts~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts-lucene", rpm:"dovecot23-fts-lucene~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts-solr", rpm:"dovecot23-fts-solr~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts-squat", rpm:"dovecot23-fts-squat~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "openSUSELeap15.6") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23", rpm:"dovecot23~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-backend-mysql", rpm:"dovecot23-backend-mysql~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-backend-pgsql", rpm:"dovecot23-backend-pgsql~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-backend-sqlite", rpm:"dovecot23-backend-sqlite~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-devel", rpm:"dovecot23-devel~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts", rpm:"dovecot23-fts~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts-lucene", rpm:"dovecot23-fts-lucene~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts-solr", rpm:"dovecot23-fts-solr~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot23-fts-squat", rpm:"dovecot23-fts-squat~2.3.15~150200.65.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.6"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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15 Aug 2025 00:00Current
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CVSS 3.17.5
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