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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2252-1 (dovecot)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to dovecot announced via advisory DSA 2252-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that the message header parser in the Dovecot mail server parsed NUL characters incorrectly, which could lead to denial of service through malformed mail headers. The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.15-7. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.13-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.