ALSA-2021:1887

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-1887.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2021:1887.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2021:1887
Related
Published
2021-05-18T06:19:41Z
Modified
2021-11-12T10:20:56Z
Summary
Moderate: dovecot security and bug fix update
Details

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages.

Security Fix(es):

  • dovecot: IMAP hibernation function allows mail access (CVE-2020-24386)

  • dovecot: Denial of service via mail MIME parsing (CVE-2020-25275)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.8-9.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / dovecot-devel

Package

Name
dovecot-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.8-9.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / dovecot-mysql

Package

Name
dovecot-mysql

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.8-9.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / dovecot-pgsql

Package

Name
dovecot-pgsql

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.8-9.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / dovecot-pigeonhole

Package

Name
dovecot-pigeonhole

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.8-9.el8