GLSA 201110-16: Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/22/2011
Bugs:	#283596, #382349, #385729
ID:	201110-16

Synopsis

The Cyrus IMAP Server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities which could potentially lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Background

The Cyrus IMAP Server is an efficient, highly-scalable IMAP e-mail server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-mail/cyrus-imapd	< 2.4.12	>= 2.4.12	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Cyrus IMAP Server. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An unauthenticated local or remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Cyrus IMAP Server process or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Cyrus IMAP Server users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/cyrus-imapd-2.4.12"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-16.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.