CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
95.2%
Dovecot is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114173");
script_version("2020-12-08T08:52:45+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-12-08 08:52:45 +0000 (Tue, 08 Dec 2020)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-01-06 10:15:27 +0100 (Mon, 06 Jan 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1929");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Dovecot 1.2.x < 1.2.17 / 2.0.x < 2.0.13 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_dovecot_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("dovecot/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dovecot is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Lib-mail/message-header-parser.c does not properly handle
null-termination in header names, which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service
(daemon crash or mailbox corruption) via a crafted e-mail message.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dovecot versions 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 2.0.x before 2.0.13.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.2.17/2.0.13 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059085.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2011-May/059086.html");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_greater_equal(version: version, test_version: "1.2.0") &&
version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.2.17")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.2.17", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
else if (version_is_greater_equal(version: version, test_version: "2.0.0") &&
version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.0.13")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.0.13", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);