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HistoryMay 10, 2022 - 8:08 a.m.

Moderate: dovecot security update

2022-05-1008:08:56
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dovecot
imap server
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unix-like systems
security
pop3 server
maildir
mbox format

AI Score

5.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.3%

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: dovecot (2.3.16). (BZ#1980014)

Security Fix(es):

  • dovecot: plaintext commands injection (CVE-2021-33515)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.