Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20111187
Revision Date:2011-08-18Version:639
Title:RHSA-2011:1187: dovecot security update (Moderate)
Description:Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems, primarily written with security in mind.

  • A denial of service flaw was found in the way Dovecot handled NULL characters in certain header names. A mail message with specially-crafted headers could cause the Dovecot child process handling the target user's connection to crash, blocking them from downloading the message successfully and possibly leading to the corruption of their mailbox. (CVE-2011-1929)

    Users of dovecot are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the updated packages, the dovecot service will be restarted automatically.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2011-1929
    CVE-2011-1929
    RHSA-2011:1187
    RHSA-2011:1187-01
    RHSA-2011:1187-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
  • AND dovecot is earlier than 0:0.99.11-10.EL4
  • AND dovecot is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND
  • dovecot is earlier than 1:2.0.9-2.el6_1.1
  • AND dovecot is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • dovecot-devel is earlier than 1:2.0.9-2.el6_1.1
  • AND dovecot-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • dovecot-mysql is earlier than 1:2.0.9-2.el6_1.1
  • AND dovecot-mysql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • dovecot-pgsql is earlier than 1:2.0.9-2.el6_1.1
  • AND dovecot-pgsql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • dovecot-pigeonhole is earlier than 1:2.0.9-2.el6_1.1
  • AND dovecot-pigeonhole is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND dovecot is earlier than 0:1.0.7-7.el5_7.1
  • AND dovecot is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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