Bug 1550 - dovecot security update
Summary: dovecot security update
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1520
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Security (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2011-06-03 13:36 CEST by Jérôme Soyer
Modified: 2011-06-07 11:31 CEST (History)
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Source RPM: dovecot-1.2.17-1.mga1.src.rpm
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Description Jérôme Soyer 2011-06-03 13:36:44 CEST 
Package        : dovecot
Vulnerability  : programming error
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2011-1929
Debian Bug     : 627443

It was discovered that the message header parser in the Dovecot mail
server parsed NUL characters incorrectly, which could lead to denial
of service through malformed mail headers.

We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.
Comment 1 Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2011-06-03 16:47:21 CEST 
Isn't this bug a duplicate of bug 1520?
Comment 2 Pascal Terjan 2011-06-07 11:31:21 CEST 
Duplicate of bug 1520

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1520 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => pterjan
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE
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