Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Dovecot vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-487-1 | First vendor Publication | 2007-07-17 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2007-07-17 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 6.10: Ubuntu 7.04: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that Dovecot, when configured to use non-system-user spools and compressed folders, would allow directory traversals in mailbox names. Remote authenticated users could potentially read email owned by other users. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-487-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10995 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10995 | ||
| Title: | Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name. | ||
| Description: | Directory traversal vulnerability in index/mbox/mbox-storage.c in Dovecot before 1.0.rc29, when using the zlib plugin, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary gzipped (.gz) mailboxes (mbox files) via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the mailbox name. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2007-2231 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20207 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20207 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1359-1 dovecot - directory traversal | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that dovecot, a secure mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, when configured to use non-system-user spools and compressed folders, may allow directory traversal in mailbox names. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1359-1 CVE-2007-2231 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | dovecot |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for dovecot vulnerability USN-487-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_487_1.nasl |
| 2009-03-06 | Name : RedHat Update for dovecot RHSA-2008:0297-02 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0297-02_dovecot.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for dovecot FEDORA-2007-493 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_493_dovecot_fc5.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1359-1 (dovecot) File : nvt/deb_1359_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 35489 | Dovecot index/mbox/mbox-storage.c Traversal Arbitrary Gzip File Access |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20080521_dovecot_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-05-22 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0297.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-487-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-03 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1359.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-05-10 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-493.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:04:29 |
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