5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.083 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.3%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-September/017808.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881402");
script_version("2023-07-10T08:07:43+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-10 08:07:43 +0000 (Mon, 10 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-07-30 17:46:30 +0530 (Mon, 30 Jul 2012)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1929");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:1187");
script_name("CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos5 x86_64");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"dovecot on CentOS 5");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems,
primarily written with security in mind.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way Dovecot handled NULL
characters in certain header names. A mail message with specially-crafted
headers could cause the Dovecot child process handling the target user's
connection to crash, blocking them from downloading the message
successfully and possibly leading to the corruption of their mailbox.
(CVE-2011-1929)
Users of dovecot are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the
updated packages, the dovecot service will be restarted automatically.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS5")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot", rpm:"dovecot~1.0.7~7.el5_7.1", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}