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Debian DSA-3828-1 Urgent: Dovecot Denial of Service Vulnerability Notice

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Calendar Grey April 10, 2017
Scroller Debian
Postfix mail system encounters a potential security threat. Immediate action advised for Ubuntu administrators regarding DSA-4832-2.
It was discovered that the Dovecot email server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.2.13-12~deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: dovecot
CVE ID: CVE-2017-2669

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