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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202101-01">
+ <title>Dovecot: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dovecot, the worst of
+ which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">dovecot</product>
+ <announced>2021-01-10</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2021-01-10</revised>
+ <bug>763525</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-mail/dovecot" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.3.13</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.3.13</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dovecot. Please review
+ the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted mail or send a
+ specially crafted IMAP command possibly resulting in a Denial of Service
+ condition or an authenticated remote attacker might be able to discover
+ the file system directory structure and access other users’ emails.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>The information disclosure vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling
+ IMAP hibernation feature which isn’t enabled by default.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-mail/dovecot-2.3.13"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24386">CVE-2020-24386</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25275">CVE-2020-25275</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-01-06T15:39:45Z">whissi</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-01-10T09:16:29Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>