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Gentoo: GLSA-202107-41 Low Severity Dovecot DoS Advisory

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Calendar Grey July 17, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Explore the various weaknesses in Dovecot highlighted in this Gentoo notice. Understand the consequences and how to address them.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dovecot, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service multiple vulnerabilities Dovecot

Resolution

All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-2.3.14.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-29157 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29157 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-33515 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33515

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 18, 2021
Bugs: #797349
ID: 202107-41

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service multiple vulnerabilities Dovecot

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dovecot, the worst of which could result in 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 < 2.3.14.1 >= 2.3.14.1

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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