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CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos4 x86_64

🗓️ 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos4 x86_64. A denial of service flaw in Dovecot allows specially-crafted headers to crash the Dovecot child process and potentially corrupt user mailbox

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos4 x86_64
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "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.";

tag_affected = "dovecot on CentOS 4";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";



if(description)
{
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-August/017701.html");
  script_id(881358);
  script_version("$Revision: 8249 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-27 07:29:56 +0100 (Wed, 27 Dec 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-07-30 17:35:17 +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 centos4 x86_64");

  script_tag(name: "summary" , value: "Check for the Version of dovecot");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms");
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");

res = "";
if(release == NULL){
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "CentOS4")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dovecot", rpm:"dovecot~0.99.11~10.EL4", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
  exit(0);
}

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30 Jul 2012 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
EPSS0.06541
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