glsa-202009-02.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202009-02">
  <title>Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dovecot, the worst of
    which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">dovecot</product>
  <announced>2020-09-06</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-09-06</revised>
  <bug>736617</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-mail/dovecot" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.3.11.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.3.11.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled deeply nested MIME
      parts, incorrectly handled memory when using NTLM, and incorrectly
      handled zero-length messages.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted mail or send specially
      crafted authentication requests possibly resulting in a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-mail/dovecot-2.3.11.3"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12100">CVE-2020-12100</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12673">CVE-2020-12673</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12674">CVE-2020-12674</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-09-06T00:07:17Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-09-06T00:20:00Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>