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A dovecot security update has been released for Debian



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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2954-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
June 09, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : dovecot
CVE ID : CVE-2014-3430
Debian Bug : 747549

It was discovered that the Dovecot email server is vulnerable to a
denial of service attack against imap/pop3-login processes due to
incorrect handling of the closure of inactive SSL/TLS connections.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.1.7-7+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.2.13~rc1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.2.13~rc1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dovecot packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
  DSA 2954-1: dovecot security update