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Debian: CVE-2015-3420: dovecot -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 19, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The ssl-proxy-openssl.c function in Dovecot before 2.2.17, when SSLv3 is disabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login process crash) via vectors related to handshake failures.

Solution

debian-upgrade-dovecot
Title
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