Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for dovecot. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges, by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for dovecot
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46363
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-14
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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for dovecot. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges, by malicious users to bypass certain
security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and
potentially compromise a vulnerable system, and by malicious people
to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA36698
SA37443
SA38881
SA40723
SA41723
SA44683
SOLUTION:
Update to version "net-mail/dovecot-1.2.17" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201110-04:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-04.xml
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