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From: Tim Sammut <underling@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201110-16 ] Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:40:58
Message-Id: 4EA247B6.4050508@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-16
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 22, 2011
10 Bugs: #283596, #382349, #385729
11 ID: 201110-16
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15 Synopsis
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18 The Cyrus IMAP Server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities which
19 could potentially lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code or a
20 Denial of Service.
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22 Background
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25 The Cyrus IMAP Server is an efficient, highly-scalable IMAP e-mail
26 server.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 net-mail/cyrus-imapd < 2.4.12 >= 2.4.12
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Cyrus IMAP Server.
40 Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 An unauthenticated local or remote attacker may be able to execute
46 arbitrary code with the privileges of the Cyrus IMAP Server process or
47 cause a Denial of Service.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All Cyrus IMAP Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/cyrus-imapd-2.4.12"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2009-2632
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2632
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3208
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3208
69 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3481
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3481
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-16.xml
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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