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Gentoo: GLSA-201412-03 Normal: Dovecot Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey December 8, 2014
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A vulnerability in Dovecot enables distant actors to initiate a Denial of Service attack. Update your software to prevent service interruptions.
A vulnerability in Dovecot could allow a remote attacker to create a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Dovecot does not properly close connections, allowing a resource exhaustion for incomplete SSL/TLS handshakes.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo service interruption dovecot

Resolution

All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-2.2.13"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3430 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3430

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-03
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Dovecot: Denial of Service
Date: December 08, 2014
Bugs: #509954
ID: 201412-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo service interruption dovecot

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Dovecot could allow a remote attacker to create a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-mail/dovecot < 2.2.13 >= 2.2.13

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.