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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62965
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-16 (dovecot)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200812-16.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200812-16.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the Dovecot mailserver.

Solution:
All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/dovecot-1.1.7-r1'

Users should be aware that dovecot.conf will still be world-readable after
the update. If employing ssl_key_password, it should not be used in
dovecot.conf but in a separate file which should be included with
'include_try'.

CVSS Score:
6.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4577
31587
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31587
32164
http://secunia.com/advisories/32164
32471
http://secunia.com/advisories/32471
33149
http://secunia.com/advisories/33149
33624
http://secunia.com/advisories/33624
36904
http://secunia.com/advisories/36904
ADV-2008-2745
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2745
FEDORA-2008-9202
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00816.html
FEDORA-2008-9232
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00844.html
GLSA-200812-16
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-16.xml
MDVSA-2008:232
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:232
RHSA-2009:0205
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
SUSE-SR:2009:004
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
USN-838-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1
[Dovecot-news] 20081005 v1.1.4 released
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000085.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240409
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10376
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10376
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4578
20081119 Re: [ MDVSA-2008:232 ] dovecot
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498498/100/0/threaded
dovecot-acl-mailbox-security-bypass(45669)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45669
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4870
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/10
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10776
XForce ISS Database: dovecot-dovecot-information-disclosure(46323)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46323
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4907
BugTraq ID: 31997
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31997
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2008-October/000089.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32479
http://secunia.com/advisories/32677
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-666-1
XForce ISS Database: dovecot-mail-header-dos(46227)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46227
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