USN-6982-1: Dovecot vulnerabilities
2 September 2024
Several security issues were fixed in Dovecot.
Releases
Packages
- dovecot - IMAP and POP3 email server
Details
It was discovered that Dovecot did not not properly have restrictions on
ithe size of address headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause denial of service. (CVE-2024-23184, CVE-2024-23185)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-7013-1: dovecot-sieve, dovecot-mysql, dovecot-imapd, dovecot-gssapi, dovecot-ldap, dovecot-dev, dovecot-lmtpd, dovecot-lucene, dovecot-managesieved, mail-stack-delivery, dovecot-solr, dovecot-submissiond, dovecot-auth-lua, dovecot-pgsql, dovecot-sqlite, dovecot, dovecot-core, dovecot-pop3d