metadata/glsa/glsa-201412-03.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-03">
  <title>Dovecot: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in Dovecot could allow a remote attacker to create
    a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">dovecot</product>
  <announced>December 08, 2014</announced>
  <revised>December 08, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>509954</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-mail/dovecot" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.13</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.13</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Dovecot does not properly close connections, allowing a resource
      exhaustion for incomplete SSL/TLS handshakes.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly cause 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-2.2.13"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3430">CVE-2014-3430</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:57:07 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:57:38 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>