MGASA-2019-0072 - Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 13 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0072.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-3814

CVE-2019-3814: If imap/pop3/managesieve/submission client has trusted
certificate with missing username field (ssl_cert_username_field), under
some configurations Dovecot mistakenly trusts the username provided via
authentication instead of failing.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24314
- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-February/000393.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/05/1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4385
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3814

SRPMS:
- 6/core/dovecot-2.2.36.1-1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0072: dovecot security update

CVE-2019-3814: If imap/pop3/managesieve/submission client has trusted certificate with missing username field (ssl_cert_username_field), under some configurations Dovecot mistakenl...

Summary

CVE-2019-3814: If imap/pop3/managesieve/submission client has trusted certificate with missing username field (ssl_cert_username_field), under some configurations Dovecot mistakenly trusts the username provided via authentication instead of failing.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24314

- https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-February/000393.html

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/05/1

- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4385

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3814

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0072 - Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/dovecot-2.2.36.1-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 13 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0072.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-3814

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