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CentOS Update for dovecot CESA-2011:1187 centos5 i386
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'dovecot' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems, primarily written with security in mind. A denial of service flaw was found in the way Dovecot handled NULL characters in certain header names. A mail message with specially-crafted headers could cause the Dovecot child process handling the target user's connection to crash, blocking them from downloading the message successfully and possibly leading to the corruption of their mailbox. (CVE-2011-1929) Users of dovecot are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the updated packages, the dovecot service will be restarted automatically.
Affected Software
Affected Software
dovecot on CentOS 5
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.