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Moderate Dovecot DoS Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4-6

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Updated dovecot packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: dovecot security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2011:1187-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1187.html
Issue date:        2011-08-18
CVE Names:         CVE-2011-1929 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated dovecot packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems,
primarily written with security in mind.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Dovecot handled NULL
characters in certain header names. A mail message with specially-crafted
headers could cause the Dovecot child process handling the target user's
connection to crash, blocking them from downloading the message
successfully and possibly leading to the corruption of their mailbox.
(CVE-2011-1929)

Users of dovecot are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the
updated packages, the dovecot service will be restarted automatically.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

706286 - CVE-2011-1929 dovecot: potential crash when parsing header names that contain NUL characters
6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

Source:

i386:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm

ia64:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ppc.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ppc.rpm

s390:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390.rpm

s390x:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390x.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

Source:

i386:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

Source:

i386:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm

ia64:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

Source:

i386:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm

ia64:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm

ppc:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm

s390x:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-1.0.7-7.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-mysql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-pgsql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-pigeonhole-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

ppc64:
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
dovecot-mysql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
dovecot-pgsql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
dovecot-pigeonhole-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
dovecot-mysql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
dovecot-pgsql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
dovecot-pigeonhole-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-mysql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-pgsql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-pigeonhole-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-devel-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

ppc64:
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
dovecot-devel-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
dovecot-devel-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-devel-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-mysql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-pgsql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-pigeonhole-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-mysql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-pgsql-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-pigeonhole-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
dovecot-devel-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
dovecot-devel-2.0.9-2.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1929
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
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Moderate Dovecot DoS Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4-6

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Calendar Grey August 18, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has released a security update for Dovecot, an open-source email server, addressing vulnerabilities that may allow unauthorized access or data leakage
Updated dovecot packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems, primarily written with security in mind.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way Dovecot handled NULL characters in certain header names. A mail message with specially-crafted headers could cause the Dovecot child process handling the target user's connection to crash, blocking them from downloading the message successfully and possibly leading to the corruption of their mailbox. (CVE-2011-1929)
Users of dovecot are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the updated packages, the dovecot service will be restarted automatically.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1929 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
ia64: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
ppc: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ppc.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ppc.rpm
s390: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390.rpm
s390x: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390x.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
x86_64: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
ia64: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.i386.rpm
ia64: dovecot-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm dovecot-debuginfo-0.99.11-10.EL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1187-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2011-08-18

Topic

Updated dovecot packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

706286 - CVE-2011-1929 dovecot: potential crash when parsing header names that contain NUL characters

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