Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2011:101 First vendor Publication 2011-05-26
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2011-05-26
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A vulnerability has been identified and fixed in dovecot:

lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' (NUL) characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message (CVE-2011-1929).

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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:101

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12978
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12978
Title: DSA-2252-1 dovecot -- programming error
Description: It was discovered that the message header parser in the Dovecot mail server parsed NUL characters incorrectly, which could lead to denial of service through malformed mail headers. The oldstable distribution is not affected.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2252-1
CVE-2011-1929
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14026
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14026
Title: USN-1143-1 -- dovecot vulnerability
Description: dovecot: IMAP and POP3 email server an attacker could send a crafted email message that could disrupt email service.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1143-1
CVE-2011-1929
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21976
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21976
Title: RHSA-2011:1187: dovecot security update (Moderate)
Description: lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:1187-01
CESA-2011:1187
CVE-2011-1929
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 5
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23022
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23022
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011:1187: dovecot security update (Moderate)
Description: lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:1187-01
CVE-2011-1929
Version: 7
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23639
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23639
Title: ELSA-2011:1187: dovecot security update (Moderate)
Description: lib-mail/message-header-parser.c in Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13 does not properly handle '\0' characters in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:1187-01
CVE-2011-1929
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): dovecot
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 31

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1187_dovecot_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1187_dovecot_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-04 (Dovecot)
File : nvt/glsa_201110_04.nasl
2011-09-23 Name : CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1187_dovecot_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-09-21 Name : FreeBSD Ports: dovecot
File : nvt/freebsd_dovecot3.nasl
2011-08-24 Name : CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1187_dovecot_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-08-19 Name : RedHat Update for dovecot RHSA-2011:1187-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1187-01_dovecot.nasl
2011-08-03 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2252-1 (dovecot)
File : nvt/deb_2252_1.nasl
2011-06-20 Name : Fedora Update for dovecot FEDORA-2011-7612
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_7612_dovecot_fc13.nasl
2011-06-06 Name : Ubuntu Update for dovecot USN-1143-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1143_1.nasl
2011-06-03 Name : Fedora Update for dovecot FEDORA-2011-7258
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_7258_dovecot_fc14.nasl
2011-06-03 Name : Mandriva Update for dovecot MDVSA-2011:101 (dovecot)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_101.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
72495 Dovecot lib-mail/message-header-parser.c Mail Header Name NULL Character Hand...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_3_dovecot12-110525.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_4_dovecot12-110525.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_4_dovecot20-110525.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110818_dovecot_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-11 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201110-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-22 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-1187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-20 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_0b53f5f7ca8a11e0aea300215c6a37bb.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1143-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-7612.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-10 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2252.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-7258.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-7268.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-05-27 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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