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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12100): Dovecot vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12100): Dovecot vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/12/2020
Created
08/15/2020
Added
08/13/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In Dovecot before 2.3.11.3, uncontrolled recursion in submission, lmtp, and lda allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted e-mail message with deeply nested MIME parts.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dovecot-core

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