National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2632

Overview

Buffer overflow in the SIEVE script component (sieve/script.c), as used in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP Server 2.2.13 and 2.3.14, and Dovecot 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7, allows local users to execute arbitrary code and read or modify arbitrary messages via a crafted SIEVE script, related to the incorrect use of the sizeof operator for determining buffer length, combined with an integer signedness error.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2559

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2559

External Source: BID

Name: 36296

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36296

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1881

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1881

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-9559

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00491.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Cyrus-CVS] 20090902 src/sieve by brong

Hyperlink:https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001254.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Cyrus-CVS] 20090902 src/sieve by brong

Hyperlink:https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001253.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sieve/script.c.diff?r1=1.62&r2=1.62.2.1&only_with_tag=cyrus-imapd-2_2-tail

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sieve/script.c.diff?r1=1.62&r2=1.62.2.1&only_with_tag=cyrus-imapd-2_2-tail

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2641

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2641

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-838-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1

External Source: BID

Name: 36377

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36377

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 58103

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/58103

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090914 Re: CVE for recent cyrus-imap issue

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36904

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36904

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36713

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36713

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36698

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36698

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36632

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36632

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36629

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36629

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10082

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10082

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:016

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Dovecot-news] 20090914 Security holes in CMU Sieve plugin

Hyperlink:http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10082

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10082