=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3951-1
April 23, 2019

dovecot vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10

Summary:

Dovecot could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- dovecot: IMAP and POP3 email server

Details:

It was discovered that the Dovecot JSON encoder incorrectly handled certain
invalid UTF-8 characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause Dovecot to repeatedly crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  dovecot-core                    1:2.3.4.1-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  dovecot-core                    1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu3.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3951-1
  CVE-2019-10691

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/1:2.3.4.1-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 3951-1: Dovecot vulnerability

April 23, 2019
Dovecot could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: dovecot-core 1:2.3.4.1-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 18.10: dovecot-core 1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu3.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3951-1

CVE-2019-10691

Severity
April 23, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/1:2.3.4.1-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu3.3

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