Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities

Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Dovecot, the worst of which allowing for remote execution of arbitrary code. Dovecot 2011-10-10 2011-10-10 286844 293954 314533 368653 remote 1.2.17 2.0.13 2.0.13

Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server written with security primarily in mind.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service condition, to conduct directory traversal attacks, corrupt data, or disclose information.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Dovecot 1 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-1.2.17"

All Dovecot 2 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-2.0.13"

NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since May 28, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

CVE-2009-3235 CVE-2009-3897 CVE-2010-0745 CVE-2010-3304 CVE-2010-3706 CVE-2010-3707 CVE-2010-3779 CVE-2010-3780 CVE-2011-1929 CVE-2011-2166 CVE-2011-2167 craig craig