Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1143-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that the message header parser in Dovecot did not properly handle '\0' characters in header names. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted email message by crashing the Dovecot daemon or corrupting mailboxes.
Affected
dovecot on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1929 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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