SB2024092424 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for dovecot

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SB2024092424 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for dovecot

Published: September 24, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024092424
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23184)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing a large number of address headers (e.g. From, To, Cc, Bcc, etc.). A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email address to the server, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23185)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing overly large email headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email to the server, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References