MGASA-2018-0160

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    MGASA-2018-0160

    Published: 7 Mar 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Dovecot has been updated to version 2.2.34 to fix two security issues. CVE-2017-14461: This vulnerability comes in two flavors. A malicious party can send a specially crafted email to a vulnerable system, causing it to crash dovecot. In some systems, the mail can be stored into the mail system, causing crash every time it is being opened. CVE-2017-15130: If dovecot has been configured with local name or local net configuration blocks, SNI lookups can be used to trash memory with useless config by using random servernames.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0160.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22673, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/01/2, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/01/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dovecot

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dovecot?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.34-1.mga6

    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