SB2021010423 - Ubuntu update for dovecot
Published: January 4, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021010423
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25275)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing messages with more than 10 000 MIME parts. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted message to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, this vulnerability was introduced by the fix for #VU45671.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.