ALSA-2020:4763

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-4763.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2020:4763.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2020:4763
Related
Published
2020-11-03T12:33:59Z
Modified
2021-08-11T08:54:00Z
Summary
Moderate: dovecot security update
Details

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.

Security Fix(es):

  • dovecot: command followed by sufficient number of newlines leads to use-after-free (CVE-2020-10958)

  • dovecot: sending mail with empty quoted localpart leads to DoS (CVE-2020-10967)

For 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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / dovecot

Package

Name
dovecot

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.8-4.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / dovecot-devel

Package

Name
dovecot-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.3.8-4.el8