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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.0075 -- [UNIX/Linux][RedHat]
Low: dovecot security and bug fix update
21 January 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: dovecot
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Access Privileged Data
Inappropriate Access
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2008-4870 CVE-2008-4577
Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than RedHat. It is recommended that administrators
running Dovecot check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: dovecot security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0205-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0205.html
Issue date: 2009-01-20
Keywords: initscript
CVE Names: CVE-2008-4577 CVE-2008-4870
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1. Summary:
An updated dovecot package that corrects two security flaws and various bugs
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and UNIX-like systems, primarily
written with security in mind.
A flaw was found in Dovecot's ACL plug-in. The ACL plug-in treated negative
access rights as positive rights, which could allow an attacker to bypass
intended access restrictions. (CVE-2008-4577)
A password disclosure flaw was found with Dovecot's configuration file. If
a system had the "ssl_key_password" option defined, any local user could
view the SSL key password. (CVE-2008-4870)
Note: This flaw did not allow the attacker to acquire the contents of the
SSL key. The password has no value without the key file which arbitrary
users should not have read access to.
To better protect even this value, however, the dovecot.conf file now
supports the "!include_try" directive. The ssl_key_password option should
be moved from dovecot.conf to a new file owned by, and only readable and
writable by, root (ie 0600). This file should be referenced from
dovecot.conf by setting the "!include_try [/path/to/password/file]" option.
Additionally, this update addresses the following bugs:
* the dovecot init script -- /etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot -- did not check if
the dovecot binary or configuration files existed. It also used the wrong
pid file for checking the dovecot service's status. This update includes a
new init script that corrects these errors.
* the %files section of the dovecot spec file did not include "%dir
%{ssldir}/private". As a consequence, the /etc/pki/private/ directory was
not owned by dovecot. (Note: files inside /etc/pki/private/ were and are
owned by dovecot.) With this update, the missing line has been added to the
spec file, and the noted directory is now owned by dovecot.
* in some previously released versions of dovecot, the authentication
process accepted (and passed along un-escaped) passwords containing
characters that had special meaning to dovecot's internal protocols. This
updated release prevents such passwords from being passed back, instead
returning the error, "Attempted login with password having illegal chars".
Note: dovecot versions previously shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
did not allow this behavior. This update addresses the issue above but said
issue was only present in versions of dovecot not previously included with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Users of dovecot are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
addresses these vulnerabilities and resolves these issues.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
238016 - Wrong init script
436287 - dovecot.conf is world readable - possible password exposure
439369 - new dovecot security issues from the dovecot site
448089 - dovecot should own /etc/pki/dovecot/private directory
467436 - CVE-2008-4577 dovecot: incorrect handling of negative rights in the ACL plugin
469659 - CVE-2008-4870 dovecot: ssl_key_password disclosure due to an insecure dovecot.conf permissions
6. Package List:
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.src.rpm
i386:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.src.rpm
i386:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5.i386.rpm
ia64:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.ia64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5.ia64.rpm
ppc:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.ppc.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5.ppc.rpm
s390x:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.s390x.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4577
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4870
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
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