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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704745
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4745-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the DSA-4745-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the DSA-4745-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Dovecot email server.

CVE-2020-12100

Receiving mail with deeply nested MIME parts leads to resource exhaustion as Dovecot attempts to parse it.

CVE-2020-12673

Dovecot's NTLM implementation does not correctly check message buffer size, which leads to a crash when reading past allocation.

CVE-2020-12674

Dovecot's RPA mechanism implementation accepts zero-length message, which leads to assert-crash later on.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.

For the detailed security status of dovecot please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'dovecot' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12100
Debian Security Information: DSA-4745 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4745
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XKKAL3OMG76ZZ7CIEMQP2K6KCTD2RAKE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4AAX2MJEULPVSRZOBX3PNPFSYP4FM4TT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EYZU6CHA3VMYYAUCMHSCCQKJEVEIKPQ2/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/18
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-02
https://dovecot.org/security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00024.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/3
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-2/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12673
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1241 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00048.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1262 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00059.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12674
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