vulnerability

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

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 4, 2021
Added
Jan 5, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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

ubuntu-upgrade-dovecot-core
Title
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