DSA-1359-1 dovecot -- directory traversal

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1359-1 dovecot -- directory traversal

Date Reported:

28 Aug 2007

Affected Packages:

dovecot

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2231.

More information:

It was discovered that dovecot, a secure mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes, when configured to use non-system-user spools and compressed folders, may allow directory traversal in mailbox names.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.rc15-2etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot_1.0.rc15-2etch4.dsc

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.rc15-2etch4.diff.gz

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_alpha.deb

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_amd64.deb

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_arm.deb

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_hppa.deb

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_i386.deb

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_ia64.deb

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_mips.deb

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_mipsel.deb

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_s390.deb

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.