Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13646
Revision Date:2014-06-30Version:20
Title:USN-838-1 -- dovecot vulnerabilities
Description:It was discovered that the ACL plugin in Dovecot would incorrectly handle negative access rights. An attacker could exploit this flaw to access the Dovecot server, bypassing the indended access restrictions. This only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. It was discovered that the ManageSieve service in Dovecot incorrectly handled ".." in script names. A remote attacker could exploit this to read and modify arbitrary sieve files on the server. This only affected Ubuntu 8.10. It was discovered that the Sieve plugin in Dovecot incorrectly handled certain sieve scripts. An authenticated user could exploit this with a crafted sieve script to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-4577
CVE-2008-5301
CVE-2009-2632
CVE-2009-3235
USN-838-1
USN-838-1
Platform(s):Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04
Product(s):dovecot
Definition Synopsis
  • Release section
  • Ubuntu 8.10 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND Packages section
  • dovecot-pop3d DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.3
  • OR dovecot-common DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.3
  • OR dovecot-imapd DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.3
  • OR dovecot-dev DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.3
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 8.04 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND Packages section
  • dovecot-pop3d DPKG is earlier than 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu5.2
  • OR dovecot-common DPKG is earlier than 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu5.2
  • OR dovecot-imapd DPKG is earlier than 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu5.2
  • OR dovecot-dev DPKG is earlier than 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu5.2
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 9.04 is installed
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independent section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND dovecot-postfix DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.11-0ubuntu4.1
  • OR Architecture depended section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • OR Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • AND Packages section
  • dovecot-pop3d DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.11-0ubuntu4.1
  • OR dovecot-common DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.11-0ubuntu4.1
  • OR dovecot-imapd DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.11-0ubuntu4.1
  • OR dovecot-dev DPKG is earlier than 1:1.1.11-0ubuntu4.1
  • BACK