Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60134
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1457-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the DSA-1457-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the DSA-1457-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that Dovecot, a POP3 and IMAP server, only when used # Remark: 'base' refers to a variable(?!) and should not contain something as # base = %r! with LDAP authentication and base contains variables, could allow a user to log in to the account of another user with the same password. The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.rc15-2etch3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.10-1. We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages. Affected Software/OS: 'dovecot' package(s) on Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6598 BugTraq ID: 27093 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27093 Bugtraq: 20080103 Re: rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485787/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20080103 rPSA-2008-0001-1 dovecot (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485779/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1457 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1457 http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000057.html http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2007-December/000058.html http://osvdb.org/39876 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10458 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0297.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28227 http://secunia.com/advisories/28271 http://secunia.com/advisories/28404 http://secunia.com/advisories/28434 http://secunia.com/advisories/30342 http://secunia.com/advisories/32151 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:020 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-567-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0017
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