Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59174
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-487-1 (dovecot)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-487-1 (dovecot)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to dovecot announced via advisory USN-487-1. 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. 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. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: dovecot-common 1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.5 Ubuntu 6.10: dovecot-common 1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 7.04: dovecot-common 1.0.rc17-1ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-487-1 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2231 Bugtraq: 20070418 rPSA-2007-0074-1 dovecot (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/466168/100/0/threaded http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008488.html http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-March/000038.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1359 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1359 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:008 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-487-1 BugTraq ID: 23552 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23552 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10995 http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1452 http://secunia.com/advisories/25072 XForce ISS Database: dovecot-mboxstorage-directory-traversal(34082) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34082
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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