The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0280 advisory. A large number of address headers in email resulted in excessive CPU usage and abnormally large email headers are now truncated or discarded, with a limit of 10MB on a single header and 50MB for all the headers of all the parts of an email. Please install the updated package(s)
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 85 |
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![]() | Amazon Linux 2023 : dovecot, dovecot-devel, dovecot-mysql (ALAS2023-2024-785) | 11 Dec 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian dla-3860 : dovecot-auth-lua - security update | 2 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 40 : dovecot (2024-e23e8a3f1e) | 28 Aug 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Dovecot vulnerabilities (USN-6982-1) | 2 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Slackware Linux 15.0 / current dovecot Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2024-227-01) | 14 Aug 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Dovecot vulnerabilities (USN-7013-1) | 16 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | AlmaLinux 9 : dovecot (ALSA-2024:6529) | 11 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | AlmaLinux 8 : dovecot (ALSA-2024:6973) | 25 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 39 : dovecot (2024-ba5bb9f63a) | 28 Aug 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 9 : dovecot (RHSA-2024:6465) | 9 Sep 202400:00 | – | nessus |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0280");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-23184", "CVE-2024-23185");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-08-19 04:12:06 +0000 (Mon, 19 Aug 2024)");
script_version("2024-08-19T05:05:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-08-19 05:05:38 +0000 (Mon, 19 Aug 2024)");
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("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0280)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA9");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2024-0280");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0280.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33466");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://dovecot.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/2CSVL56LFPAXVLWMGXEIWZL736PSYHP5/");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0280 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"CVE-2024-23184: A large number of address headers in email resulted in
excessive CPU usage.
CVE-2024-23185: Abnormally large email headers are now truncated or
discarded, with a limit of 10MB on a single header and 50MB for all the
headers of all the parts of an email.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'dovecot' package(s) on Mageia 9.");
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 == "MAGEIA9") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot", rpm:"dovecot~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-devel", rpm:"dovecot-devel~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-pigeonhole", rpm:"dovecot-pigeonhole~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-pigeonhole-devel", rpm:"dovecot-pigeonhole-devel~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-plugins-gssapi", rpm:"dovecot-plugins-gssapi~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-plugins-ldap", rpm:"dovecot-plugins-ldap~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-plugins-mysql", rpm:"dovecot-plugins-mysql~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-plugins-pgsql", rpm:"dovecot-plugins-pgsql~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot-plugins-sqlite", rpm:"dovecot-plugins-sqlite~2.3.21.1~1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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