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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883112
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2019:2885 centos6
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:2885 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:2885 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written
primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and
supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and
authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages.

Security Fix(es):

* dovecot: improper NULL byte handling in IMAP and ManageSieve protocol
parsers leads to out of bounds writes (CVE-2019-11500)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'dovecot' package(s) on CentOS 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

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-2019-11500
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GYTZLLDNIFWT7D7JSB25ERJNMOR4CQ3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVHY3MU2OK2EWZJFGNDSAOMD42L7DFPX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSJVVVRAE3SITC2ZLGCPMFDN3WVYZBWF/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-29
https://www.dovecot.org/security.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00035.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2822
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2822
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2836
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2836
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2885
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2885
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2278 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00024.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2281 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00026.html
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