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| 4 | {{{ |
| 5 | Important vulnerability in Dovecot (CVE-2016-8652) |
| 6 | CVSS score: 7.4 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H) |
| 7 | Affected version(s): 2.2.25.1 up to 2.2.26.1 |
| 8 | Fixed in: 2.2.27.1rc1 |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Short summary: Dovecot auth component can be crashed by remote user when |
| 11 | auth-policy component is activated. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | If auth-policy component has been activated in Dovecot, then remote user |
| 14 | can use SASL authentication to crash auth component. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Workaround is to disable auth-policy component until fix is in place. |
| 17 | This can be done by commenting out all auth_policy_* settings. |
| 18 | }}} |