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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59069
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-387-1 (dovecot)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to dovecot
announced via advisory USN-387-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

Details follow:

Dovecot was discovered to have an error when handling its index cache
files. This error could be exploited by authenticated POP and IMAP
users to cause a crash of the Dovecot server, or possibly to execute
arbitrary code. Only servers using the non-default option
mmap_disable=yes were vulnerable.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
dovecot-common 1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.4

Ubuntu 6.10:
dovecot-common 1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-387-1

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5973
BugTraq ID: 21183
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info
Bugtraq: 20061119 Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server: Off-by-one buffer overflow (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html
http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017288
http://secunia.com/advisories/23007
http://secunia.com/advisories/23150
http://secunia.com/advisories/23172
http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:073 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-387-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614
XForce ISS Database: dovecot-indexcache-bo(30433)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30433
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