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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Dovecot vulnerability (USN-2213-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74034

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled closing inactive SSL/TLS connections. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dovecot to stop responding to new connections, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2213-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74034

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2213-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3430

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-imapd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-lmtpd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-managesieved, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pop3d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-sieve, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-solr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mail-stack-delivery, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3430

BID: 67306

USN: 2213-1