MGASA-2021-0008

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    MGASA-2021-0008

    Published: 8 Jan 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated dovecot packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain imap hibernation commands. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to access other users’ email (CVE-2020-24386). Innokentii Sennovskiy discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled MIME parsing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2020-25275). The dovecot package has been updated to version 2.3.13, fixing these issues and other bugs. See the upstream release announcement for details.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0008.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28012, https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-January/000450.html, https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-January/000451.html, https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot-news/2021-January/000448.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4674-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dovecot

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dovecot?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.13-1.mga7

    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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