SUSE update for dovecot23

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU65119

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

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-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP1-LTSS - 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 6

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP1-BCL - 15-SP1-LTSS

dovecot23-fts-squat-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-fts-squat: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-fts-solr-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-fts-solr: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-fts-lucene-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-fts-lucene: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-fts-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-fts: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-devel: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-debugsource: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-backend-sqlite-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-backend-sqlite: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-backend-pgsql-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-backend-pgsql: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-backend-mysql-debuginfo: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23-backend-mysql: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

dovecot23: before 2.3.15-150100.31.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:15-SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-SP1-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-SP1-ESPOS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_enterprise_storage:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_caas_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:15-SP1-BCL:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:15-SP1-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts-squat-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts-squat:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts-solr-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts-solr:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts-lucene-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts-lucene:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-fts:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-backend-sqlite-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-backend-sqlite:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-backend-pgsql-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-backend-pgsql:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-backend-mysql-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23-backend-mysql:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:dovecot23:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222432-1/

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.