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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200803-25 ] Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200803-25)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: March 18, 2008
Bug(s): #212336, #213030
ID: 200803-25
Synopsis
Two vulnerabilities in Dovecot allow for information disclosure and argument injection.
Background
Dovecot is a lightweight, fast and easy to configure IMAP and POP3 mail server.
Affected Packages
Package: net-mail/dovecot
Vulnerable: < 1.0.13-r1
Unaffected: >= 1.0.13-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Dovecot uses the group configured via the "mail_extra_groups" setting, which should be used to create lockfiles in the /var/mail directory, when accessing arbitrary files (CVE-2008-1199). Dovecot does not escape TAB characters in passwords when saving them, which might allow for argument injection in blocking passdbs such as MySQL, PAM or shadow (CVE-2008-1218).
Impact
Remote attackers can exploit the first vulnerability to disclose sensitive data, such as the mail of other users, or modify files or directories that are writable by group via a symlink attack. Please note that the "mail_extra_groups" setting is set to the "mail" group by default when the "mbox" USE flag is enabled. The second vulnerability can be abused to inject arguments for internal fields. No exploitation vectors are known for this vulnerability that affect previously stable versions of Dovecot in Gentoo.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-1.0.13-r1" | This version removes the "mail_extra_groups" option and introduces a "mail_privileged_group" setting which is handled safely.
References
CVE-2008-1199
CVE-2008-1218 |
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