SUSE update for dovecot23

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU65119

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30550

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly handle multiple passdb
configuration entries. A remote attacker can potentially escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package dovecot23 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-ESPOS - 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-LTSS

dovecot23-fts-squat-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-fts-squat: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-fts-solr-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-fts-solr: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-fts-lucene-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-fts-lucene: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-fts-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-fts: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-devel: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-debugsource: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-backend-sqlite-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-backend-sqlite: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-backend-pgsql-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-backend-pgsql: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-backend-mysql-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23-backend-mysql: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

dovecot23: before 2.3.15-150000.4.42.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222431-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.