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Debian: DSA-2242-1 Critical: cyrus-imapd Remote Command Insertion

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Calendar Grey May 25, 2011
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A patch for Dovecot IMAP (DSA-2243-1) that resolves TLS handshake vulnerabilities permitting external exploitations.
It was discovered that the STARTTLS implementation of the Cyrus IMAP server does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands in...

Summary

It was discovered that the STARTTLS implementation of the Cyrus IMAP
server does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows
man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted IMAP,
LMTP, NNTP and POP3 sessions by sending a cleartext command that is
processed after TLS is in place.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.13-14+lenny4.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.13-19+squeeze1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.13p1-11 for cyrus-imapd-2.2 and in version 2.4.7-1
for cyrus-imapd-2.4.

We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-imapd-2.2 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: cyrus-imapd-2.2
CVE ID: CVE-2011-1926

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