Upstream information

CVE-2016-4983 at MITRE

Description

A postinstall script in the dovecot rpm allows local users to read the contents of newly created SSL/TLS key files.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 984639 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.13-4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1703
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.13-4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1703
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.30.2-14.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA dovecot22-devel-2.2.30.2-14.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.31-19.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA dovecot22-devel-2.2.31-19.11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA dovecot22-2.2.31-19.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.13-4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1703
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1703
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.13-4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1703
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1703
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.30.2-14.2
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.30.2-14.2
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.30.2-14.2
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.30.2-14.2
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.30.2-14.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 GA dovecot22-2.2.30.2-14.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA dovecot22-devel-2.2.30.2-14.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.31-19.11.1
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.31-19.11.1
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.31-19.11.1
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.31-19.11.1
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.31-19.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA dovecot22-2.2.31-19.11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA dovecot22-devel-2.2.31-19.11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.31-19.17.1
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.13-4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA dovecot22-2.2.31-19.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA dovecot22-2.2.31-19.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA dovecot22-devel-2.2.31-19.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.13-4.1
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.13-4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2016-1703
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.13-4.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA dovecot22-2.2.31-19.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA dovecot22-devel-2.2.31-19.17.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • dovecot22 >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-backend-mysql >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-backend-pgsql >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-backend-sqlite >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-devel >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-fts >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-fts-lucene >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-fts-solr >= 2.2.27-1.1
  • dovecot22-fts-squat >= 2.2.27-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10158

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 dovecot22 Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 dovecot22 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 dovecot22 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 dovecot22 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 dovecot22 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 dovecot22 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 dovecot22 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 dovecot22 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 dovecot22 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 dovecot22 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 dovecot22 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 dovecot22 Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 dovecot22 Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jun 13 21:45:09 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 20:12:14 2024