Slackware 15.0: SSA:2024-227-01 Critical: Dovecot CPU Issue
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August 14, 2024
New dovecot packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/dovecot-2.3.21.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: A large number of address headers in email resulted in excessive CPU usage. Abnormally large email headers are now truncated or discarded, with a limit of 10MB on a single header and 50MB for all the headers of all the parts of an email. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23184 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23185 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/dovecot-2.3.21.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/dovecot-2.3.21.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/dovecot-2.3.21.1-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/dovecot-2.3.21.1-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 15.0 package:
d794276c3fd3027c6359588acd4194b4 dovecot-2.3.21.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
234a9dd6ab876a5a042f0e0e023c30d7 dovecot-2.3.21.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
7d07927ffafb070680e2c6a8a3ad337b n/dovecot-2.3.21.1-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c47edd47c6911715760cc7e65e8d1753 n/dovecot-2.3.21.1-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg dovecot-2.3.21.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Then restart Dovecot if you are using it: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.dovecot restart
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