Dovecot up to 1.1.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dovecot up to 1.1.6 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-3235. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dovecot up to 1.1.6 (Mail Server Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Sieve plugin in Dovecot 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7, as derived from Cyrus libsieve, allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIEVE script, as demonstrated by forwarding an e-mail message to a large number of recipients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2632.

The weakness was disclosed 09/14/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-3235. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42316 (openSUSE Security Update : cyrus-imapd (cyrus-imapd-1337)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155793 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for cyrus-imapd (ELSA-2009-1459)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53248), Tenable (42316), SecurityFocus (BID 36377†), OSVDB (58103†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23588†). The entry VDB-49877 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 42316
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : cyrus-imapd (cyrus-imapd-1337)
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OpenVAS ID: 64978
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1892-1 (dovecot)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Dovecot 1.1.2

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3235 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3235
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50082

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X-Force: 53248
SecurityFocus: 36377 - Dovecot Sieve Plugin Multiple Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 58103 - Dovecot CMU Sieve Plugin Script Handling Multiple Overflows
Vulnerability Center: 23588 - Dovecot 1.0-1.0.3 and 1.1-1.1.6 Sieve Plugin Multiple Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/22/2021 18:39
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 02/15/2017 09:21 (8), 08/22/2021 18:33 (4), 08/22/2021 18:39 (1)
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