1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-666-1

USN-666-1: Dovecot vulnerability

Publication date

7 November 2008

Overview

Dovecot vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that certain email headers were not correctly handled
by Dovecot. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted email to a
user with a mailbox managed by Dovecot, that user’s mailbox would become
inaccessible through Dovecot, leading to a denial of service.

It was discovered that certain email headers were not correctly handled
by Dovecot. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted email to a
user with a mailbox managed by Dovecot, that user’s mailbox would become
inaccessible through Dovecot, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.10 intrepid dovecot-imapd –  1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.2

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