Summary
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages.
Security Fix(es):
* dovecot: Privilege escalation when similar master and non-master passdbs are used (CVE-2022-30550)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | dovecot | 1:2.3.16-3.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | dovecot-devel | 1:2.3.16-3.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | dovecot-mysql | 1:2.3.16-3.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | dovecot-pgsql | 1:2.3.16-3.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | dovecot-pigeonhole | 1:2.3.16-3.el8 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
An issue was discovered in the auth component in Dovecot 2.2 and 2.3 before 2.3.20. When two passdb configuration entri…