{"id":"RLSA-2022:1950","summary":"Moderate: dovecot security update","details":"Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux and other UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server, and supports e-mail in either the maildir or mbox format. The SQL drivers and authentication plug-ins are provided as subpackages. \n\nThe following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: dovecot (2.3.16). (BZ#1980014)\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* dovecot: plaintext commands injection (CVE-2021-33515)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-03-11T06:06:50.546291Z","published":"2022-05-10T08:08:56Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-33515"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:1950"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973610"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1974508"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dovecot","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/dovecot?distro=rocky-linux-8-6-legacy&epoch=1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.3.16-2.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2022:1950.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}