USN-666-1: Dovecot vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.10

Packages

• dovecot -

Details

It was discovered that certain email headers were not correctly handled
by Dovecot. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted email to a
user with a mailbox managed by Dovecot, that user's mailbox would become
inaccessible through Dovecot, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10

• dovecot-imapd - 1:1.1.4-0ubuntu1.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-4907