SB2026050463 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for dovecot
Published: May 4, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59032)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Pigeonhole ManageSieve service when processing SASL AUTHENTICATE command. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request using literal as SASL initial response to cause a denial of service.
The ManageSieve service crashes and becomes unavailable for other users.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27858)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in managesieve-login service when processing pre-authentication data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted message before authentication to cause a denial of service.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27857)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in imap-login process when handling malformed NOOP commands. A remote user can send a specially crafted command with excessive parentheses to cause a denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.