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HistoryJan 10, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities

2021-01-1000:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.011 Low

EPSS

Percentile

84.5%

Background

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted mail or send a specially crafted IMAP command possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or an authenticated remote attacker might be able to discover the file system directory structure and access other users’ emails.

Workaround

The information disclosure vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling IMAP hibernation feature which isn’t enabled by default.

Resolution

All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-2.3.13"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-mail/dovecot<Β 2.3.13UNKNOWN

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.011 Low

EPSS

Percentile

84.5%