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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4456-2
August 17, 2020

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

– Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Dovecot.

Software Description:
– dovecot: IMAP and POP3 email server

Details:

USN-4456-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Dovecot. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled deeply nested MIME
parts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12100)

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled memory when using NTLM.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dovecot to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12673)

It was discovered that the Dovecot RPA mechanism incorrectly handled
zero-length messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Dovecot to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12674)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
dovecot-core 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6+esm3

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4456-1
CVE-2020-12100, CVE-2020-12673, CVE-2020-12674
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