USN-3881-1: Dovecot vulnerability
USN-3881-1: Dovecot vulnerability dovecot vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Dovecot could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description dovecot – IMAP and POP3 email server Details It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled client certificates. A remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 dovecot-core – 1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dovecot-core – 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS dovecot-core – 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.9 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS dovecot-core – 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.5 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 [ more… ]