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High USN-3881-1 1 CVE

dovecot vulnerability

Published Feb 5, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Dovecot incorrectly handled client certificates. A
remote attacker in possession of a valid certificate with an empty username
field could possibly use this issue to impersonate other users.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS dovecot 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.5
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS dovecot 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.9
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS dovecot 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3814