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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-03

Posted on 09 December 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-03
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Severity: Normal
Title: Dovecot: Denial of Service
Date: December 08, 2014
Bugs: #509954
ID: 201412-03

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Dovecot could allow a remote attacker to create a
Denial of Service condition.

Background
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Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-mail/dovecot < 2.2.13 >= 2.2.13

Description
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Dovecot does not properly close connections, allowing a resource
exhaustion for incomplete SSL/TLS handshakes.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-2.2.13"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3430
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3430

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-03.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
[ GLSA 201412-03 ] Dovecot: Denial of Service

 

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