Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59069
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-387-1 (dovecot)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-387-1 (dovecot)
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
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5973 Bugtraq: 20061119 Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server: Off-by-one buffer overflow (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/452081/100/0/threaded http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2006-November/000024.html http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2006-November/000023.html 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 BugTraq ID: 21183 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21183/info http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4614 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 XForce ISS Database: dovecot-indexcache-bo(30433) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30433
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