dovecot-2.3.16-2.el8

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.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: dovecot (2.3.16). (BZ#1980014)

Security Fix(es):

* dovecot: plaintext commands injection (CVE-2021-33515)

For 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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Asianux Server 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

CVE-2021-33515
The submission service in Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows STARTTLS command injection in lib-smtp. Sensitive information can be redirected to an attacker-controlled address.