MGASA-2015-0452

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    MGASA-2015-0452

    Published: 19 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A buffer overflow may occur when handling pop3_deleted_flag setting. This can lead to crashing POP3 sessions in normal use.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0452.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17162, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171657.html, http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/05e0700daea3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dovecot

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dovecot?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.13-5.1.mga5

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High