USN-3556-2: Dovecot vulnerabilities
USN-3556-2: Dovecot vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3556-2 1st February, 2018 dovecot vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Dovecot. Software description dovecot – IMAP and POP3 email server Details USN-3556-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Dovecot. This updateprovides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain authentications.An attacker could possibly use this to bypass authentication and accesssensitive information. (CVE-2013-6171) Original advisory details: It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled certain authentications. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15132) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: dovecot-core 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.4 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update [ more… ]
