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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for cyrus-imapd (DLA-3052-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

1 year ago

Modified

Modified

1 year ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'cyrus-imapd' package(s) announced via the DLA-3052-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that the Cyrus IMAP server was prone to a denial of service attack via input that is mishandled during hash-table interaction. Furthermore it allowed privilege escalation because an HTTP request may be interpreted in the authentication context of an unrelated previous request that arrived over the same connection.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'cyrus-imapd' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.10-3+deb9u3. We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-imapd packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)