MGASA-2014-0223

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    MGASA-2014-0223

    Published: 17 May 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3430

    Summary: Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerability. Dovecot before 2.2.13 is vulnerable to a DoS attack against imap/pop3-login processes. If SSL/TLS handshake was started but wasn't finished, the login process attempted to eventually forcibly disconnect the client, but failed to do it correctly. This could have left the connections hanging around for a long time (CVE-2014-3430).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0223.html, http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/77499, http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2014-May/000273.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/8, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13355

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dovecot

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dovecot?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.15-2.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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