{"id":"RLSA-2024:6973","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\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* dovecot: using a large number of address headers may trigger a denial of service (CVE-2024-23184)\n\n* dovecot: very large headers can cause resource exhaustion when parsing message (CVE-2024-23185)\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.","modified":"2026-03-11T06:31:38.148796Z","published":"2024-09-30T14:30:36.675668Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-23184","CVE-2024-23185"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:6973"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2305909"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2305910"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dovecot","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/dovecot?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.3.16-6.el8_10"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2024:6973.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}