CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
72.3%
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5509-1 advisory.
Julian Brook discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled multiple passdb configuration entries. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5509-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(162993);
script_version("1.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/29");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-30550");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5509-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Dovecot vulnerability (USN-5509-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-5509-1 advisory.
Julian Brook discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled multiple passdb configuration entries. In certain
configurations, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5509-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-30550");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/07/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/07/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/07/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-auth-lua");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-core");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-gssapi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-imapd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-ldap");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-lmtpd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-lucene");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-managesieved");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-mysql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pgsql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-pop3d");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-sieve");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-solr");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-sqlite");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dovecot-submissiond");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mail-stack-delivery");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2022-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2022-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-core', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-gssapi', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-imapd', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-ldap', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-lmtpd', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-managesieved', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-mysql', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-pgsql', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-pop3d', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-sieve', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-solr', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-sqlite', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'mail-stack-delivery', 'pkgver': '1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.8'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-auth-lua', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-core', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-gssapi', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-imapd', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-ldap', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-lmtpd', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-lucene', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-managesieved', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-mysql', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-pgsql', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-pop3d', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-sieve', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-solr', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-sqlite', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-submissiond', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'mail-stack-delivery', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3.6'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-auth-lua', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-core', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-gssapi', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-imapd', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-ldap', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-lmtpd', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-lucene', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-managesieved', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-mysql', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-pgsql', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-pop3d', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-sieve', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-solr', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-sqlite', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dovecot-submissiond', 'pkgver': '1:2.3.16+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'dovecot-auth-lua / dovecot-core / dovecot-dev / dovecot-gssapi / etc');
}
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
72.3%