SB2024091081 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for dovecot
Published: September 10, 2024
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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.