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| <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
| <glsa id="201412-03"> |
| <title>Dovecot: Denial of Service</title> |
| <synopsis>A vulnerability in Dovecot could allow a remote attacker to create |
| a Denial of Service condition. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">dovecot</product> |
| <announced>December 08, 2014</announced> |
| <revised>December 08, 2014: 1</revised> |
| <bug>509954</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="net-mail/dovecot" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">2.2.13</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.13</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p>Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server.</p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p>Dovecot does not properly close connections, allowing a resource |
| exhaustion for incomplete SSL/TLS handshakes. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p>A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.</p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p>All Dovecot users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
| |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-mail/dovecot-2.2.13" |
| </code> |
| |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3430">CVE-2014-3430</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:57:07 +0000"> |
| keytoaster |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:57:38 +0000">Zlogene</metadata> |
| </glsa> |