USN-3587-2: Dovecot vulnerabilities

dovecot vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Dovecot.

Software Description

• dovecot - IMAP and POP3 email server

Details

USN-3587-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled parsing certain email addresses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-14461)

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled TLS SNI config lookups. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15130)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

dovecot-core - 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.5

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• USN-3587-1
• CVE-2017-14461
• CVE-2017-15130

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2GPGHHg