dovecot vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Dovecot.
Software Description
It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled parsing certain email addresses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-14461)
It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled TLS SNI config lookups. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15130)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
dovecot-core - 1:2.2.27-3ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
dovecot-core - 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
dovecot-core - 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in Dovecot.
Software Description
- dovecot - IMAP and POP3 email server
It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled parsing certain email addresses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-14461)
It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled TLS SNI config lookups. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15130)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
dovecot-core - 1:2.2.27-3ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
dovecot-core - 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.7
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
dovecot-core - 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
