CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
17.5%
Dovecot is prone to a path traversal vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117513");
script_version("2021-08-17T14:01:00+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-08-17 14:01:00 +0000 (Tue, 17 Aug 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-28 11:44:06 +0000 (Mon, 28 Jun 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-07-18 06:15:00 +0000 (Sun, 18 Jul 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-29157");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Dovecot 2.3.11 - 2.3.14 Path Traversal Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_dovecot_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("dovecot/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dovecot is prone to a path traversal vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Dovecot does not correctly escape kid and azp fields in JWT
tokens. This may be used to supply attacker controlled keys to validate tokens in some
configurations. This requires attacker to be able to write files to local disk.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Local attacker can login as any user and access their emails.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dovecot version 2.3.11 through 2.3.14.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.3.14.1 or later.
Workaround:
Disable local JWT validation in oauth2, or use a different dict driver than fs:posix.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-June/000461.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-June/000459.html");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.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_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.3.11", test_version2: "2.3.14")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.3.14.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
17.5%