CVE-2019-10691 Affecting dovecot package, versions <1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu3.3
Threat Intelligence
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- published19 Apr 2019
- disclosed24 Apr 2019
Introduced: 19 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-10691 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.10 dovecot to version 1:2.3.2.1-1ubuntu3.3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dovecot package and not the dovecot package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
The JSON encoder in Dovecot before 2.3.5.2 allows attackers to repeatedly crash the authentication service by attempting to authenticate with an invalid UTF-8 sequence as the username.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-10691
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10691
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10691
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-29
- https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2019-April/000406.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00000.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHFZ5OWRIZGIWZJ5PTNVWWZNLLNH4XYS/