DSA-1457-1 dovecot -- programming error

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1457-1 dovecot -- programming error

Date Reported:

09 Jan 2008

Affected Packages:

dovecot

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-6598.

More information:

It was discovered that Dovecot, a POP3 and IMAP server, only when used with LDAP authentication and base contains variables, could allow a user to log in to the account of another user with the same password.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.10-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:

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

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

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.rc15-2etch4.dsc

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:

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

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

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-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_arm.deb

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

HP Precision:

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

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

Intel IA-32:

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

Intel IA-64:

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

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

Big-endian MIPS:

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

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_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-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-pop3d_1.0.rc15-2etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_1.0.rc15-2etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

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-common_1.0.rc15-2etch4_s390.deb

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

Sun Sparc:

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

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

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