[Dovecot] PKI Compliance Dovecot Server

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Tue Sep 30 18:00:07 EEST 2008


BTW. Dovecot v1.1 has by default:

ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2

I'd think that's enough to fix this too.

On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 10:23 -0400, John Gray wrote:
> I *think* you can fix this in your config.
> 
> ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!ADH:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
> 
> Consider yourself lucky you're not using UW.  I believe you need to
> recompile it.
> 
> Nessus thinks I'm good with the setting above.
> 
> John
> 
> Amit Thakkar wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I work for an organization that uses a Secure Dovecot server for messaging, and recently we've had to undergo some security screenings for PKI compliance (credit card industry standards).  However, the screening returned to us a failure due to the following reason (attributed to our Dovecot server, which runs on port 993 and is the only "open" port on our firewall):
> > 
> > Synopsis : The remote service encrypts traffic using a protocol with known
> > weaknesses.  Description : The remote service accepts connections encrypted using SSL 2.0, which
> > reportedly suffers fromseveral cryptographic flaws and has been
> > deprecated for several years.  An attacker may be able to exploit these
> > issues to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks or decrypt communications
> > between the affected service and clients.  See also : http://www.schneier.com/paper-ssl.pdf Solution:  Consult the application's documentation to disable SSL 2.0 and use SSL
> > 3.0 or TLS 1.0 instead.  See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216482 for instructions on IIS.  See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod	_ssl.html for Apache. Risk Factor:  Medium
> >  / CVSS Base Score : 2 
> > (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:N) [More] 
> > 
> > Is there a way that we can disable SSL 2.0 in Dovecot, or force it to use only TLS 1.0 ?
> > 
> > Thank You
> > 
> > 
> >       
> 
> 
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