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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831468
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for cyrus-imapd MDVSA-2011:149 (cyrus-imapd)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cyrus-imapd'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cyrus-imapd'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in
cyrus-imapd:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the split_wildmats function in nntpd.c
in nntpd in Cyrus IMAP Server before 2.3.17 and 2.4.x before 2.4.11
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NNTP
command (CVE-2011-3208).

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Cyrus IMAPd,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions. The vulnerability is due to an error within the
authentication mechanism of the NNTP server, which can be exploited
to bypass the authentication process and execute commands intended
for authenticated users by sending an AUTHINFO USER command without
a following AUTHINFO PASS command (CVE-2011-3372).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance
Program. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Affected Software/OS:
cyrus-imapd on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3208
BugTraq ID: 49534
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49534
Debian Security Information: DSA-2318 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2318
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:149
http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=199
http://asg.andrew.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-announce&msg=200
http://www.osvdb.org/75307
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1317.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1026031
http://secunia.com/advisories/45938
http://secunia.com/advisories/45975
http://secunia.com/advisories/46064
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:1034 (Google Search)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/11723935
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:1036 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00019.html
XForce ISS Database: cyrus-splitwildmats-bo(69679)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69679
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3372
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-68
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1508.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1026363
http://secunia.com/advisories/46093
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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