Amazon Linux AMI : dovecot (ALAS-2014-386)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78329

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Dovecot 1.1 before 2.2.13 and dovecot-ee before 2.1.7.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.12.12 does not properly close old connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an incomplete SSL/TLS handshake for an IMAP/POP3 connection.

Solution

Run 'yum update dovecot' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-386.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78329

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-386.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-pigeonhole, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-pgsql, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dovecot-mysql

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3430

ALAS: 2014-386