Important: dovecot security update. {"type": "TYPE_SECURITY", "shortCode": "RL", "name": "RLSA-2026:13830", "synopsis": "Important: dovecot security update", "severity": "SEVERITY_IMPORTANT", "topic": "An update is available for dovecot.\nThis update affects Rocky Linux 8.\nA Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list", "description": "Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages. \n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* dovecot: ManageSieve: Denial of Service via crafted SASL initial response in AUTHENTICATE command (CVE-2025-59032)\n\n* dovecot: denial of service via crafted message before authentication (CVE-2026-27858)\n\n* dovecot: denial of service via specially crafted NOOP command (CVE-2026-27857)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.", "solution": null, "affectedProducts": ["Rocky Linux 8"], "fixes": [{"ticket": "2452172", "sourceBy": "Red Hat", "sourceLink": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452172", "description": ""}, {"ticket": "2452175", "sourceBy": "Red Hat", "sourceLink": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452175", "description": ""}, {"ticket": "2452179", "sourceBy": "Red Hat", "sourceLink": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452179", "description": ""}], "cves": [{"name": "CVE-2025-59032", "sourceBy": "MITRE", "sourceLink": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-59032", "cvss3ScoringVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "cvss3BaseScore": "7.5", "cwe": "CWE-229"}, {"name": "CVE-2026-27857", "sourceBy": "MITRE", "sourceLink":"https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-27857", "cvss3ScoringVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "cvss3BaseScore": "7.5", "cwe": "CWE-770"}, {"name": "CVE-2026-27858", "sourceBy": "MITRE", "sourceLink": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-27858", "cvss3ScoringVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "cvss3BaseScore": "7.5", "cwe": "CWE-770"}], "references": [], "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T06:00:59.922786Z", "rpms": {"Rocky Linux 8": {"nvras": ["dovecot-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.i686.rpm", "dovecot-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.src.rpm", "dovecot-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.i686.rpm", "dovecot-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-debugsource-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-debugsource-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.i686.rpm", "dovecot-debugsource-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-devel-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-devel-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.i686.rpm", "dovecot-devel-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-mysql-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-mysql-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-mysql-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-mysql-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-pgsql-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-pgsql-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-pgsql-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-pgsql-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-pigeonhole-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-pigeonhole-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm", "dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.aarch64.rpm", "dovecot-pigeonhole-debuginfo-1:2.3.16-7.el8_10.x86_64.rpm"]}}, "rebootSuggested": false, "buildReferences": []}. Stay updated with the important Dovecot security update for Rocky Linux 8 addressing multiple denial of service risks.. Dovecot, Rocky Linux 8, security update, denial of service, important issue. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.comTeam
Open Redirect vulnerabilities were found in libapache2-mod-auth-openidc, OpenID Connect Relying Party implementation for Apache, which could lead to information disclosure via phishing attacks. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3499-1
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