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Unscored USN-4110-4 1 CVE

dovecot regression

Published Aug 28, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4110-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dovecot. The update introduced
a regression causing a wrong check. This update fixes the problem for
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Nick Roessler and Rafi Rubin discovered that Dovecot incorrectly
handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS dovecot 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6+esm2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11500