Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1892-1 dovecot -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 23 Sep 2009
- Affected Packages:
- dovecot
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 546656.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-2632, CVE-2009-3235. - More information:
-
It was discovered that the SIEVE component of dovecot, a mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing SIEVE scripts. This can be used to elevate privileges to the dovecot system user. An attacker who is able to install SIEVE scripts executed by the server is therefore able to read and modify arbitrary email messages on the system.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.rc15-2etch5.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.0.15-2.3+lenny1.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.2.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.rc15-2etch5.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.rc15.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.rc15-2etch5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.rc15.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_ia64.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch5_s390.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.15.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1.dsc
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-dev_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.15-2.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.