Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66676
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:306 (dovecot)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to dovecot announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:306. A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in dovecot: Dovecot 1.2.x before 1.2.8 sets 0777 permissions during creation of certain directories at installation time, which allows local users to access arbitrary user accounts by replacing the auth socket, related to the parent directories of the base_dir directory, and possibly the base_dir directory itself (CVE-2009-3897). The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. Affected: 2010.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:306 http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3897 37084 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37084 37443 http://secunia.com/advisories/37443 60316 http://www.osvdb.org/60316 ADV-2009-3306 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3306 MDVSA-2009:306 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:306 SUSE-SR:2010:001 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html [dovecot-news] 20091120 v1.2.8 released http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-November/000143.html [oss-security] 20091120 CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issue http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125871729029145&w=2 [oss-security] 20091121 CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125881481222441&w=2 [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE Request - Dovecot - 1.2.8 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900271508796&w=2 [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVE request: v1.2.8 released to fix the 0777 base_dir creation issue http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900267208712&w=2 dovecot-basedir-privilege-escalation(54363) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54363
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