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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-24386): Dovecot vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-24386): Dovecot vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/04/2021
Created
01/06/2021
Added
01/05/2021
Modified
11/07/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in Dovecot before 2.3.13. By using IMAP IDLE, an authenticated attacker can trigger unhibernation via attacker-controlled parameters, leading to access to other users' email messages (and path disclosure).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dovecot-core

References

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